It's just a few days before Christmas and you may still be looking for a last-minute gift option for someone you know who loves spicy food. Might I suggest Fuego Box which is a hot sauce of the month club that offers carefully selected craft sauces from across the world. These are not the generic concoctions made in places like China and thrown together in a cheap set, these are mostly small-batch sauces made by people who care about the...
Bottom Line: The Tabanero Hot Sauce Challenge makes for a good gift with quality sauces that range from Medium to Insane levels on the heat scale.
As Christmas Day approaches and you find yourself doing some last-minute shopping, you might be tempted to grab one of those generic hot sauce gift sets for someone who enjoys spicy foods. But don’t do it! (More on that here.) Instead, seek out hot sauces that are not cheaply made in China or...
We are in the thick of the gift-giving season, and there are plenty of those generic hot sauce sets on the shelves this time of year. But pass those on by (as I discuss in more detail here) and look for craft hot sauces or sets from known brands. Following are several that I have seen of late that should certainly make good gifts for lovers of spicy foods.
Hot Ones Party Pack
This is from the guys behind the Hot Ones YouTube channel and has a...
It’s the gift-giving time of year again, and you may have some friends or relatives who would appreciate receiving something that brings the heat. But please don’t buy those generic hot sauce gift sets that seem to pop up everywhere during this season (I go into more detail on those here). If you do some looking around, you can find plenty of good collections of hot sauce made (or put together your own) from quality ingredients that your...
Bottom Line: The Phoenix Fire, Vampire’s Bane, and Day Walker salsas from Mrs. McArthur deliver first-rate craft sauces that pack quite a bit of heat.
Craft salsas have become quite common lately, and when I find someone who makes them locally, I try to give them my support. The sauces from Mrs. McArthur (aka Lady McArthur, aka The Pepper Lady) fall into that category, and she offers some that will really light you up! She makes her products...
The holiday time of year is upon us and you will almost certainly see those generic hot sauce gift sets in big box stores and gift shops calling out to you. But if you know somebody who likes spicy food and you are looking to buy them a gift, do them a favor and pass those by (as I discuss in more detail here.) Instead, buy something with better quality and taste, and if you have a Trader Joe's market near you then you will have plenty of...
Bottom Line: Cheap hot sauce gift sets are often made overseas with low-quality ingredients and very little difference in flavor from bottle to bottle. Give known brands or craft hot sauces instead.
It's that time of year and I will issue my annual warning as gift-giving season is now upon us. Sure enough, at some point you will be walking through one of the big-box stores or a gift shop and see a hot sauce set that you want to buy for a...
Bottom Line: Melinda's Pepper Sauce Challenge has a nice selection of that company's sauces that offer a good combination of heat and flavor.
It is the time of year when people are buying gifts for friends and family, and as I have said in a previous post, please don't buy those generic hot sauce gift sets if you are getting something for someone who likes spicy foods. There are plenty of better options out that as I have been covering with my...
I have already written at length about those generic hot sauce gift sets you find this time of year and suggested that you not give those unless they are a gag gift (more on that here). But if you are looking to give a gift to someone who likes spicy food, you are better off seeking out craft hot sauce sets (like Hoff's or The Spicy Gnome) or looking for sets from known brands. At least with those, you know you are not giving quality sauces and...
Bottom Line: The variety pack from Hoff’s delivers some quality hot sauces with that next level of taste and they bring the heat as well. This is a perfect gift for the holiday season.
It is the gift-giving time of year, and as I said in a recent post, don’t be giving people those cheap hot sauce sets that you find in big-box stores and gift shops. Instead, if you know somebody that likes spicy foods, give them a craft hot sauce gift set. It...