The Classic - Pepper X Edition | Hot Ones Hot Sauce Reviews

4.7 Rating 74 Reviews

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“This one is HOT. Like back of your throat and buzzy lips hot, a little over the line of what is too hot for me personally to enjoy. And it lingers. But gosh the flavor is SO good. So I make myself suffer through it (sparingly)”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I did not do my research and thought this would be like the other The Classic sauces. I was wrong. This is hot af. Still tasty but I poured this all over a chicken nugget and chowed down. Mistakes were made. My bad.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“The Classic has been my go to. but the extra fruit and garlic in this one gives it a deeper more earthy flavor balancing the vinegar that is just addictive. The heat is legit, so use sparingly, but damn is it good!”

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Posted 3 years ago

“This hot sauce has great taste, heat, and salt level. Find myself keeping going back to this bottle, except I dislike how watery thin it is. It drips off the food. It could be thicker.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“just an amazing combo of heat and flavor. goes well on basically everything i want hotted sauce on.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Really nice standby as a "generic" superhot. Bhutila Fire and Karma Carnival are two of my favorites, but sometimes they can bring a bit too much of their own character, like when the "vibe" of the sauce would conflict with the dish it's going in. Only gripe about this sauce is that the pairing of bottle and sauce consistency meant I had to count on wiping some away off the side of the bottle after every single dosing, but ready to add this one into my regular rotation.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Good on tacos”

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Posted 3 years ago

“The best, most versatile everyday hot sauce on the market. There are others that bring different things to the table for different uses, but you will never ever be disappointed if you reach for this. It will bite you, but only because the bright, floral and garlicky flavours will make you want to put more than you should on your food. 6/5.”

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Posted 3 years ago