Super Simple 3 Ingredient Hot Honey Recipe

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Dietary Information for This Hot Honey Recipe

This Homemade Hot Honey recipe is…

• Gluten-Free

Tools Required for This Spicy Hot Honey Recipe

• Salt crock
• Ramekins
• Measuring cups
• Measuring spoons
• Saucepan
• Whisk

Tools Needed

• Saucepan
• Wooden spoon
• Measuring spoons

Ingredients for Hot Honey

You can find the FULL PRINTABLE recipe card by scrolling to the bottom of this post or by pressing the “Jump to Recipe” button to see all ingredients and their quantities. You will also be able to use the recipe card to scale the ingredients based on how many portions of hot honey you’re looking to make. By default, this will make about 2 cups.

• Butter: You can use either salted butter or unsalted butter. If using unsalted butter, then you may want to add extra salt, if needed.
• Hot sauce: I’m using Frank’s Original RedHot sauce. This will give a good amount of heat and a nice, smooth texture to the sauce. Additionally, it’ll provide the vinegar component a lot of hot honey sauces use (typically apple cider vinegar) for some tanginess and to prolong the lifespan.
• Honey: It’s not hot honey without honey! You can use your favorite kind of honey. I’m just using some standard honey here.

How to Make Hot Honey

Melt butter in a saucepan and add the honey and hot sauce. Mix well to combine and allow the sauce to come up to a gentle simmer.

Once thickened slightly, remove from heat and serve.

Tips for Best Homemade Hot Honey

• If the sauce is too spicy, add more honey and balance out the heat.
• Or, if the sauce is too sweet, balance it out with a splash of vinegar and/or more hot sauce
• Deepen the flavor with a pinch of garlic powder, smoked paprika, or a few drops of Worcestershire sauce.
• A squeeze of lemon or a bit of lemon zest can brighten the sauce.

Variations of Hot Honey

I always encourage you to get creative and make recipes your own! You can indeed customize this hot honey sauce based on your preferences. Here are some suggestions:

• Spice: You could also add some chili flakes and/or chopped jalapeños or Thai green chilies to add even more heat to the hot honey. However, I see lots of recipes that only use these and not add a hot sauce. In my opinion, these will not be potent enough on their own without hot sauce, but these can be great if you want an extra kick.
• Hot sauce: I’ve used Frank’s hot sauce, but you could also use Cholula if you want.
• Seasonings: You could change the flavor profile by adding dried spices, such as cayenne, black pepper, or cinnamon.

How to Use Hot Honey

This Hot Honey sauce is extremely versatile! Here are just a couple of ideas on how to incorporate hot honey in your daily kitchen adventures:

• Fried food: Try it out with my Southern Buttermilk Fried Chicken, Buttermilk Chicken Tenders, or even Popcorn Shrimp!
• Burgers: Just like they serve at your favorite fast food joint! This would be the perfect dip for my McDonald’s McSpicy Chicken Burger, Crispy Paneer Burger, or McAloo Tikki Burger.
• Sandwiches: I can see this working really well inside or on the side of my Mozzarella in Carrozza, Authentic Croque Monsieur and Croque Madame, or my Baked Deli Chicken Sandwich.
• Breakfast: It’s perfect with my Homemade Sausage McMuffin, Tim Horton’s Farmer’s Breakfast Wrap, Breakfast Burritos, Easy Cheese and Egg Soufflé, or Breakfast Bagel BELTs.
• Pizza: I’ve loved this drizzled over pizza, it’s absolutely the perfect topping! Try it on my Cheesy 5 Pepperoni Napoletana Pizza, Heart Healthy Chicken Pizza, or Paneer Tikka Pan Pizza.
• Savory waffles: This will be amazing served over my Crispy Cheesy Savory Waffles recipe!
• Fish & Seafood: Drizzle over Pan-Seared Curried Scallops, Lemon-Herb Baked Salmon or with some Cajun Shrimp!
• Meat: This would be incredible with some Restaurant-Style Buffalo Chicken Wings or Air Fried Buffalo Chicken Wings! You can also drizzle over some beef, pork, bacon, and chicken.
• Vegetables: Create a glaze with your favorite sautéed veggies, such as Garlic-Butter Broccoli, Coconut Green Beans, or carrots, zucchini, or asparagus.
• Nachos: Try it over my Buffalo Popcorn Chicken Nachos, BBQ Chicken Nachos, or Loaded Cheeseburger Nachos.
• Cocktails: A hot sweetener for all your favorite cocktails.
• Tea: You can enhance a Dirty Chai Latte or Iced Gingerbread Chai Latte with some hot honey!
• Charcuterie board: You can have this as a dip on the side with a cheese board for your next party.
• Desserts: If you want some sweet and heat, try over ice cream (try it with my Blueberry Cheesecake Protein Ice Cream!), Classic Southern Rice Pudding, Gluten-Free Fudgy Banana Brownies, Mini No-Bake Single-Serve Pumpkin Cheesecakes, or over my Apple Pies with Puff Pastry.
• In mayo: Add a little bit in your Homemade Mayo (or store-bought) to add a sweet and spicy touch!
• Avocado toast: If you’ve been on social media, then you’ve seen hot honey as the finishing touch over avocado toast. You can try it with toast paired with my Homemade Guacamole, or Avocado Toast with a Fried Egg. The world (and myself!) love it with avocado toast with some cottage cheese!
• Eggs: Perfect to drizzle over Boiled Eggs, Poached Eggs, a Classic Omelette, Deviled Eggs, or Scrambled Eggs.

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