5.0 from 15 votes
Hot Honey
Hot Honey is the new hot sauce trend, and we couldn’t agree more! It’s the perfect balance of sweet and spicy, with a sticky texture, and perfect for drizzling over pizza, fried chicken, veggies, salmon and more!
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Servings: 12
Calories: 133 kcal
Course:
Condiments
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups honey
- 2-3 Tablespoons chili flakes
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
Notes
- The honey you chose will have a predominant flavor on the final hot honey recipe, so if you have a certain type of honey, start with that.
- Always use liquid honey.
- Dried chili flakes are optional as they have no moisture.
- Similarly the type of chili flakes you use will affect the flavor of spice, level of spice and any smokey taste for the sauce.
- When making hot honey recipe, avoid boiling the honey, just bring it a gentle simmer with the chili flakes and take if off the heat right away.
- A vinegar is needed to balance the sweet and spicy with a slight tang, but also to stabilize the sauce. If you don’t want a strong vinegary taste to your hot honey, use apple cider vinegar as we did here.
- Drizzle over PIZZA!! Top if over your dips like Whipped Feta. Make it a sauce for your Salmon Recipes And Chicken Recipes Drizzle it over Biscuits With Cheddar, Cornbread Recipe and Ultimate Garlic Bread! Use it on Stir fry recipes like Easy Stir Fry Recipe with Lamb and Veggies Perfect for Air Fryer Chicken Wings or Grilled Chicken Wings Perfect with this Strawberry Goat Cheese Appetizer Halloumi Cheese Salad and even better with Halloumi Fries. Try it with this Carpaccio Recipe : Watermelon Carpaccio or Watermelon Salad Wedges
- Drizzle over PIZZA!!
- Top if over your dips like Whipped Feta.
- Make it a sauce for your Salmon Recipes
- And Chicken Recipes
- Drizzle it over Biscuits With Cheddar, Cornbread Recipe and Ultimate Garlic Bread!
- Use it on Stir fry recipes like Easy Stir Fry Recipe with Lamb and Veggies
- Perfect for Air Fryer Chicken Wings or Grilled Chicken Wings
- Perfect with this Strawberry Goat Cheese Appetizer
- Halloumi Cheese Salad and even better with Halloumi Fries.
- Try it with this Carpaccio Recipe : Watermelon Carpaccio or Watermelon Salad Wedges
- This is the most common question I get. No hot honey doesn’t need to be refrigerated at all.
- It’s best to store the sauce in a jar, seal the jar once the sauce has cooled completely, and keep it at room temperature in your pantry.
- The beauty of this hot honey sauce is that it can last for up to 6-8 months at room temperature. There’s nothing that can make it go bad. So make as much as you like!
- It’s best to avoid fresh chilies as they contain moisture and will alter the sauce texture and shelf life. If you have fresh chilies however, then you need to make my grandpa’s famous Hot Pepper Sauce! You’ll LOVE it!
- If using regular chili flakes, you’ll find that hot honey is not as spicy as you expect it to be! It’s rather a balance of sweet with a hint of spice. However, if you use hot pepper flakes like scotch bonnet flakes, then you can expect a higher level of spice for sure!
- OMG we can’t even think of a thing that wouldn’t taste amazing with hot honey!