I really liked Taco Hell’s hotsauce, but haven’t been to one in æons. Think the one I liked was called “fire” or something. Hottest of the bunch, I think. Nice heat + nice flavor.
“Fire” is no longer the hottest. They’ve added “Diablo” now. When I get a burrito from there, I usually add one “Fire” and two “Diablo” for flavor. Still not hot, though. :person_facepalming:
The Diablo is a fair bit warmer than the Fire, but I agree not the best taste. I eat more spicy things than anybody that I know personally, and at most i’d give it a 2/10 on a heat scale, probably more like a 1 actually. That’s pushing it. It’s nothing that’s going to burn your mouth.
The two sauces that I really have been meaning to get are Thor’s Hammer and Exhorresco. These are probably two of the hottest sauces out there that are not using extract. I use my extract sauces every day, but they’re always mixed in with something because it’s just pure heat and no flavor.
Not a sauce, but if you like spicy, Paqui’s Ghost Pepper chips are actually pretty hot. I’ve never had their one chip challenge with the Carolina Reaper. But this is a legitimately spicy chip. I’ve got them a couple times from the local gas station, usually around $2 for a smallish bag. Hotter than Diablo sauce and I’d say a solid 2/10 heat wise.
I’ve also gotten the puree pepper squeeze tubes at Aldi’s a few times. I don’t remember getting a ghost pepper one. But I’ve certainly gotten the jalapeño, habanero, and carolina reaper. The jalapeño has the best flavor. I use it the most but very little heat. Still way less flavor than fresh pods. The habanero is ok, just not much flavor to me. Heat wise it’s maybe a 1.5/10. The Carolina Reaper paste was actually the first time I tasted the reapers. I wasn’t really impressed with the taste. It’s kinda bitter and was way way less hot than I was expecting. I’d say 3/10 heat wise is generous.
I had a friend bring me a bottle one time and I had to throw it out. 1 teaspoon ruined a pot of chili I made. I remember it was in the top 10 hottest and it had a warning tag on it. You could literally dip a toothpick in it and lay it on your tongue and it would make your eye’s water in 20 seconds. I will try and find it again even though I do not suggest it to anyone. Sometimes “HOT” sauce is taken too far. My stomach cant handle spices much anymore.
My gf got me a bottle of Ass-Burner Surprise or something similarly named. Yeah, looked a rather harmless green, put a small dot on my index finger (sesame-seed sized, if that) and touched it to my tongue. Was as if someone took a hole-puncher and put a few holes through my tongue.
Shouldda never put my tongue back into my mouth, because that was when the contagion spread. Felt as if I just gulped a nice big bowl of molten lava.
I’m not to much on super hot sauces, but I was visiting a buddy down in New Iberia, LA this past weekend & tried these. I must say they were unusually good.
Bunsters
The ‘Hot Sauce’ was great.
The ‘STB’ was good to, but it was the ‘hot’ limit for me.
I tried a tiny bit of ‘STB Black Label’. …. it was too hot for me.