The Hot Ones Challenge (10 hot sauces)

Tapatío is a classic in the hot sauce world. Especially in the West and South of America people love this Mexican (it was created by Mexicans) hot sauce. It's allround and has an outstanding quality for this low price.

Origin: California, USA.

Content: 148 ml

This Dawson's Shawarma Hot Sauce (also known from Hot Ones season 13) is, as you might expect, the perfect sauce for your favorite shawarma dishes. Ofcourse that's not the only dish you can use this delicious creamy sauce for. With lots of garlic and a touch of honey this also goes great on chicken and sandwiches. Cayenne peppers, red chilli peppers and some chilli powder provide this sauce with a light medium heat. Conclusion: Awesome stuff!

Origin: Hamilton, Ontario (Canada)

Content: 148 ml

This Heartbeat Pineapple Habanero hot sauce is another great sauce by the beloved Canadian brand. It's a sweet sauce, but it also has a beautiful sour touch because of the pineapple. The Habaneros give it a nice medium kick and the Sleeping Giant Beaver Duck Session IPA provides the finishing touch. Amazing with chicken, fish and curries. This hot sauce is also known from the YouTube show Hot Ones.

• Origin: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
• Content: 177 ml

The name Queen Majesty Red Habanero & Black Coffee already tells you it's a special hot sauce. The taste of black coffee is lightly recognizable, but it's especially the bell peppers and red habanero that make this sauce delicious. Good with pizza, falafel, sandwiches, burgers and stews.

Origin: Queens, New York, USA

Content: 147ml

Onima Il Mig + Hot Sauce is a delicious savory hot sauce with umami notes. The first ingredient is Habanero pepper puree, so you'll definitely taste a slight fruity flavor. Plus, the Habanero brings a serious kick of heat. The addition of sherry vinegar gives the sauce a unique character. Onion, garlic, quality olive oil, smoked paprika, and coriander seed give this hot sauce its distinctive savory taste. Finally, the koji adds a subtle umami note, making this Onima Il Mig+ extra versatile! Super tasty in pasta dishes, tomato soup, shakshuka, sweet potato dishes, and so much more.

Fun fact: this hot sauce is known from the YouTube show Hot Ones. In season 24, this sauce was on hot wing #6 out of 10. Pretty hot stuff, as we mentioned earlier!

• Origin: Sheridan, Wyoming (USA)
• Content: 148ml

Do you like savoury flavors and mushrooms? Then look no further than this Torchbearer Mushroom Mayhem hot sauce, because this sauce is so savoury that you would almost think it contains steak (despite the fact that it is vegan). This is mainly due to the shiitake and portobello mushrooms that are in it, which of course also provides a serious dose of umami flavour. This hot sauce is also a bit sweet due to the addition of both brown sugar and molasses. In terms of heat, you're all set with habaneros & scorpion peppers. A great hot sauce to go with, you guessed it, steak! But try it on wings, burgers or tofu as well!

Origin: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (USA)

Content: 142 gr

This Karma Cosmic Disco Hot Sauce is a mix of two other great sauces: the Karma Cosmic Dumpling and the Karma Scorpion Disco. In terms of flavour, that can also be tasted, because the best of both is reflected in it. The first thing you taste is a combination of tamari and citrus (umami & sour), followed by the sweetness of the brown sugar and the intense heat of Trinidad Scorpion, Ghost Pepper & Jalapeño peppers. Delicious with your favourite Asian dishes, such as teriyaki or as a glaze with duck. That is if you can handle the heat, because this sauce was on wing #7 on Hot Ones (season 19) for a reason.

Origin: Rochester, New York (USA)

Content: 148ml

Don't be fooled by the list of ingredients and the Scoville score (135.000) of Da Bomb Beyond Insanity hot sauce. It might seem that this sauce won't be too hot, compared to sauces with hotter peppers in it, but it truely is an absolute bomb. We'd rather call this an experience sauce, which you have to try once. The flavour isn't great (we'll be honest about that), but the heat is something else. It's called Da Bomb Beyond Insanity hot sauce for a reason!

• Origin: Kansas (USA)
• Net weight: 113 gram

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Bravado Aka Miso is a very special hot sauce from one of the best hot sauce makers: Bravado. The first two ingredients are the extremely hot Ghost Pepper and Carolina Reaper pepper, so you know you'll feel the burn! But there is more than that, because this is an umami bomb with tamari and Aka Miso. Aka Miso also contains Togarashi, which is a traditional Japanese pepper mix, commonly used to spice up sushi. It makes this Bravado Aka Miso perfect for noodle dishes and sushi, but also pork and ribs will get a whole lot better with this stuff!

Origin: Houston, Texas, USA

Content: 148 ml

Hellfire Fiery Fool is one of the hottest sauces in the world without chili extract. For a long time they even claimed to be the hottest, but they now say their Hellfire Doomed is the hottest sauce in the world. This does not alter the fact that Fiery Fool is still extremely hot. The 4 main ingredients of this sauce are all super hots: 7-pot primo, Carolina Reaper, Bhut Jolokia and Trinidad Scorpion. Super hot, but also super tasty with the focus on the taste of the peppers!

Origin: Lake Geneva, Wisconsin (USA)

Content: 148 ml