There's nothing like slathering your food with your favorite spicy hot sauce and firing up a furnace in your mouth. Whether your preferred fiery concoction is Siracha, Tapatio, or just good ole’ Tabasco, that extra zest is the missing component that brings a man's meal alive.
But have your taste buds grown accustomed to your Average Joe hot sauce? Ready to take it to the next level of spice? Let's turn up the heat a little bit!
We took this man-challenge to the web and sought out the top spiciest hot sauces, some so hot that just ONE DROP will burn your mouth.
(FYI: Hot sauces are measured by scoville units, which are used to communicate the pungency of chili peppers or other spicy foods in the sauce. The more scoville units, the higher the heat level.)
Warning: We're not daring you to try these, so purchase at your own risk! If you like setting your mouth on fire, these are the spiciest hot sauces and the ones most likely to do it. But don't come crying to us if you peel a couple of layers of skin off the roof of your mouth in the process.
Contains the world's hottest commercially grown habanero, the Red Savina, with a range of 400,000-500,000 Scovilles. Compare that to the common Jalapeňo pepper with 5,000-7,000 SHU, and you get an idea of how hot this is. Never over do it with this sauce, but remember there are even hotter options to explore.
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Although it only has 50,000 Scoville units - which is still spicy! - it has excellent flavor and is great for cooking and to add to most any dish.
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The creator was a bartender on the Jersey Shore back in the day. Blair served patrons that wanted to stay past 2am wings slathered in his homemade sauce. If they could eat it, they could stay. No one could. But Blair managed to bottle his creations (2am, 3am... you get the picture). This sauce packs between 1 and 2 million SHU into each minute drop.
And, while the bottle is beautiful, it's possible the devil hides inside it. Still, it's great to give as a gift - the handmade reserve bottle hand signed and numbered. Just a hint - you should taste this the way the chili heads do: a smudge on the side of a toothpick. You'll thank us for the advice.
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This is an insane hot sauce, made from the blend of chocolate habaneros and capsaicin extracts. This little guy supposedly has several million scoville units!!!!
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This awesome bottle is shaped like a blood vial and contains 800,000 scoville units of pepper extract. Yikes! It's geat as a gift (it's already packing a whole heck of a lot of heat). Just be sure to serve sparingly. One drop will probably do it for an entire burrito.
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Nothing is cool here - this is extremely hot! Use it in beverages to add some heat to your cocktail - makes a great "hot" martini or margarita. It has 500,000 scoville units!!! Yeouch!!
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Use sparingly and at your own risk. The bottle of sauce comes with an awesome skull key chain attached to it - great for a gift as well!
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Made with the world’s hottest chile pepper, the Bhut Jolokia, this isn’t just super hot, this is the world record killer hot. Open up the Guinness Book of Records and you’ll see, the Ghost Pepper, as many call it, now reigns as the champion. But since you can’t taste a book, taste this. You’ll see. This is scary as it gets! But be careful. Or should we say bhut be careful. Mad Dog 357 Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce may take more than just your breath away.
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This hot is distinct for the fruity flavor that sits over the top of the sauce's heat. Use one drop at a time and feel the burn!
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You can spice up hundreds of pots of chili with just one ounce. Use only as a food additive, as this stuff is serious business, with over 7 million Scoville units!
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