Hot Honey Recipe

This 3-ingredient hot honey is sweet, spicy, and super easy to make. It's a delicious way to add a kick of sweet heat to your favorite foods. There's no cooking required, and it comes together in minutes using simple pantry ingredients. We drizzle hot honey over pizza, fried chicken, grilled meats, roasted veggies and more. Once you try homemade hot honey sauce, you’ll want a jar in your fridge at all times!

Course Sauces, Dips & Toppings

Cuisine American, North American

Diet Gluten Free, Vegetarian

Prep Time 5

Total Time 5

Servings servings

Calories 65kcal

Author Colleen Milne

Equipment

½ pint jars & lids

Ingredients

1 cup honey
3 tablespoon hot sauce Louisiana style
½ teaspoon dried red pepper flakes

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, combine all ingredients.
Transfer to a sealed jar.

Notes

Spice level. You can make this recipe more, or less spicy. For less spice, use less hot sauce and you can also omit the red pepper flakes. Add more to amp up the heat level. Always start with less, taste, and add more if needed. But don't worry if you do accidently go overboard with spice. Just add more honey.
Fresh chili peppers. If you prefer to use fresh chili peppers for this recipe, you can. With fresh chili peppers, it's best to slice the peppers thinly, combine them with the honey in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, remove from the heat and allow it to cool. You can then strain out the pepper slices before transferring the hot honey to a sealed jar. I like to add a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to balance the sweet heat.
Dried chili peppers. Substitute the red pepper flakes for cayenne pepper, chili powder, or chipotle powder. You can also replace the hot sauce with dried guajillo, pasilla, ancho, or chipotle pepper. Prepare the same way as for fresh chili peppers. Add a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar after straining.
Storage. Store homemade hot honey in a sealed glass jar in a cool dry place, like your pantry, for up to 3 months. If you make the recipe with fresh chili peppers, store it in the fridge for up to two weeks.

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