The Ultimate Hot Sauce List

Here's a definitive list of 100+ of the most popular hot sauces from around the world! This is a living list—if we missed your favorite, let us know so we can add it! 🌶️🔥

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United States

1. Tabasco Original Red - The iconic Louisiana hot sauce dating back to 1868

2. Frank's RedHot Original - The original Buffalo wing sauce

3. Cholula Original - Mexican-style hot sauce with iconic wooden cap

4. Sriracha (Huy Fong Foods) - The famous "rooster sauce"

5. Texas Pete - North Carolina-made hot sauce popular throughout the South

6. Crystal Hot Sauce - New Orleans favorite with a clean, peppery flavor

7. Valentina - Mexican hot sauce with a loyal US following

8. Tapatio - California-made hot sauce with Mexican roots

9. Louisiana Hot Sauce - Cayenne pepper-based with bright vinegar flavor

10. Melinda's Original Habanero - Pioneering habanero sauce with carrot base

11. Dave's Insanity Sauce - Once the world's hottest sauce

12. Blair's Death Sauce - Extreme heat with serious flavor

13. Secret Aardvark Habanero - Portland-made cult favorite

14. Yellowbird Habanero - Austin, TX sauce with a unique carrot-habanero base

15. Queen Majesty Scotch Bonnet & Ginger - Award-winning artisanal sauce

16. Marie Sharp's Hot Habanero - Belize-made sauce with US popularity

17. El Yucateco Green Habanero - Vibrant Mexican sauce with US distribution

18. Arizona Gunslinger Smokin' Hot Sauce - Southwestern favorite

19. Dirty Dick's Hot Sauce - Tropical twist with banana and habanero

20. Pain 100% - Intense heat with extract

21. Truff Hot Sauce - Truffle-infused luxury hot sauce

22. Humble House Ancho & Morita - Smoky, complex artisanal sauce

23. High River Sauces Rogue - Award-winning blood orange scorpion sauce

24. The Last Dab XXX - Famous for its use on Hot Ones

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Mexico

25. Valentina Black Label - Extra hot version of the classic

26. El Yucateco XXXtra Hot Kutbil-ik - Traditional Mayan recipe

27. La Anita Salsa Habanera - Authentic Mexican habanero sauce

28. Búfalo Chipotle - Smoky chipotle flavor

29. Huichol Hot Sauce - From Nayarit with arbol chilis

30. Chimay Hot Sauce - Traditional sauce from Chihuahua

31. Salsa Chiltepin Sonora - Made with wild chiltepin peppers

32. Salsa Tamazula - Jalisco-style hot sauce

33. Macha Sauce - Oil-based sauce with dried chilis

34. Salsa Picante Gallo - Classic Mexican market sauce

Caribbean

35. Matouk's Calypso Sauce - Trinidad's famous scotch bonnet sauce

36. Baron West Indian Hot Sauce - Caribbean classic

37. Susie's Original Antigua Hot Sauce - Caribbean favorite

38. Walkerswood Jamaican Scotch Bonnet - Authentic Jamaican heat

39. Eaton's Jamaican Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce - Traditional recipe

40. Pico's Habanero & Lime - British Virgin Islands classic

41. Bajan Pepper Sauce - Mustard-based Barbadian sauce

42. Tortuga Habanero Sauce - Cayman Islands' popular sauce

43. Blind Betty's Pineapple Pepper Sauce - Trinidad's fruit-forward heat

44. Aunt May's Bajan Pepper Sauce - Traditional Barbadian sauce

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Asia

45. Sriracha Panich - Original Thai sriracha

46. Yuzu Kosho - Japanese citrus-chile paste

47. Sambal Oelek - Indonesian chile paste

48. Lao Gan Ma Spicy Chili Crisp - Chinese chili oil with crispy bits

49. Gochujang - Korean fermented chili paste

50. Kecap Manis Pedas - Sweet and spicy Indonesian sauce

51. S&B Umami Toban Djan - Japanese-style chili bean sauce

52. Ćirić Ajvar - Serbian roasted red pepper sauce

53. Pearl River Bridge Chiu Chow Chili Oil - Classic Chinese chili oil

54. Tapatio Salsa Picante - Mexican-style sauce made in California

Europe

55. Encona West Indian Hot Sauce - UK's favorite Caribbean-style sauce

56. Nando's Peri-Peri - Portuguese-style African bird's eye chile sauce

57. Pudliszki Ketchup Pikantny - Polish spicy ketchup

58. Tabasco Habanero - Fruitier, hotter version of the classic

59. Mic's Chilli Inferno Bhut Jolokia - Irish-made ghost pepper sauce

60. Heinz Chilli Sauce - Mild British chili sauce

61. Univer Erős Pista - Hungarian hot paprika paste

62. Maille Dijon Mustard - French spicy mustard

63. Kühne Hot Chili Sauce - German-made hot sauce

64. Adoboloco Hamajang - Hawaiian-made smoked ghost pepper sauce

South America

65. Pique a lo Macho - Bolivian hot sauce

66. Ají Amarillo Paste - Peruvian yellow pepper paste

67. Salsa Criolla - Argentina's favorite spicy sauce

68. Tucupi - Brazilian fermented manioc sauce

69. Merkén - Chilean smoked pepper sauce

70. Ají Panca Paste - Peruvian red pepper paste

71. Colombian Ají Picante - Traditional Colombian hot sauce

72. Salsa de Rocoto - Peruvian rocoto pepper sauce

73. Ají Molido - Argentinian crushed red pepper sauce

74. Venezuelan Guasacaca - Avocado-based spicy sauce

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Africa

75. Shito - Ghanaian black pepper sauce

76. Harissa - North African chili paste

77. Awaze - Ethiopian berbere-based sauce

78. Peri-Peri - Mozambican bird's eye chili sauce

79. Shatta - Egyptian hot sauce

80. Pilipili Ho Ho - Kenyan chili sauce

81. South African Peri Peri - Regional variation of the African favorite

82. Moroccan Harissa - Specific regional variation

83. Nigerian Pepper Sauce - Scotch bonnet-based sauce

84. Berbere Sauce - Ethiopian spice blend sauce

Australia & New Zealand

85. Bunsters Black Label - Australian 16/10 heat sauce

86. The Chilli Factory Scorpion Strike - Australian super-hot sauce

87. Culleys Firewater - New Zealand's famous sauce

88. Byron Bay Chilli Co. Habanero - Australian beach-town favorite

89. Kaitaia Fire - New Zealand's original hot sauce

Specialty & Artisanal

90. Hot Ones The Last Dab - Famous for its use on Hot Ones

91. Heartbeat Hot Sauce Pineapple Habanero - Canadian artisanal sauce

92. Small Axe Peppers Ghost Pepper - Community garden-sourced peppers

93. Bravado Spice Black Garlic Reaper - Fermented garlic and Carolina Reaper

94. Torchbearer Garlic Reaper - Extremely hot garlic-forward sauce

95. Howler Monkey Hot Sauce - Panamanian-style sauce

96. Butterfly Bakery of Vermont Maple Wood Smoked Onion - Unique flavor profile

97. Angry Goat Purple Hippo - Prickly pear and strawberry hot sauce

98. Burns & McCoy Exitium - Extreme heat with flavor

99. Seed Ranch Hot Thai Green - Herb-forward Thai-inspired sauce

100. Humble House Ancho & Morita - Smoky, balanced artisanal sauce

101. Hot Sauce Nashville - Local Nashville Favorite

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Which hot sauces did we miss? Let us know in the comments below, and we'll add them to our next update! Don't forget to visit Hot Sauce Roulette for a chance to discover your new favorite sauce!