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

Dirty Dick's Hot Sauce might be an agressive name for a sauce, but it's one of the most delicious ones out there. The bottle says it all: hot pepper sauce with a tropical twist. It gets that twist from the mangos, pineapple and bananas. The perfect balance between flavor and heat. This hot sauce is also known from the YouTube show Hot Ones.

Origin: Vermont (USA)

Content: 147ml

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 Bravado Black Garlic Carolina Reaper hot sauce is one of the hottest from the Bravado family. The Carolina Reapers in this sauce give it a significant kick, but combined with the savory garlic and a hint of sweet maple syrup also gives it a great taste. Pairs well with meats such as steak, chicken and pork, but also with mean sandwiches such as this 'Spicy Meatball Marinara Sub'.

Origin: Houston, Texas (USA)

Content: 147 ml

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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This Karma Burn After Eating is an extraordinary hot sauce. Not just because it was on Hot Ones or because it contains ingredients such as ajwain seed, amchoor and hing powder, but especially because the brand keeps the mix of extremely hot peppers a secret. What they do guarantee is that the sauce is scorching hot. So, who dares?

Origin: Bristol, New York (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