Spicy Honey Recipe
Hot honey is the best new hot sauce and perfect for drizzling on pizza, fried chicken, biscuits, or roast veggies, to serve on a cheese plate, or to spread on toast. This easy hot honey recipe is made with 2-ingredients and takes only minutes to make.
Ingredients
- 1 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons chili flakes
- Optional: 2 teaspoons hot sauce or apple cider vinegar, see notes
Instructions
- Add the honey and chili flakes to a small pot or pan over medium heat.1 cup honey, 2 tablespoons chili flakes
- Gently heat the honey until you see small bubbles forming along the edges of the pan then remove the pan from the heat.
- Let the honey infuse for 5 minutes. If you're using the hot sauce or vinegar, stir it into the honey now.Optional: 2 teaspoons hot sauce or apple cider vinegar
- Optional step: strain the honey through a fine-mesh sieve into a clean glass jar.
Last step:
- After you make this recipe, take a picture with your phone and share it in the comments section below. I love seeing it when you make my recipes!
Notes
Hot sauce: Adding a vinegary hot sauce (like Frank's or Tapatio) or apple cider vinegar will add a slight tang and make this taste much like Mike's Hot Honey. I like to use hot sauce as it also gives the honey a vibrant red color.
Safety tip: Do not let the honey come to a full boil. It will quickly bubble up and boil over the side of your pot. Also, if you let it boil for even a short while, it will quickly become too thick and sticky.
Straining the honey: It will get hotter over time if you choose not to strain it.
Serving: 1 tablespoon, Calories: 67kcal, Carbohydrates: 18g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 1g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 17mg, Potassium: 31mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 17g, Vitamin A: 297IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 5mg, Iron: 1mg