Super Simple 3 Ingredient Hot Honey Recipe

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May 19

Written By Anadi Misra

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picture of honey stick in hot honey recipe — Your life is about to change with this **Super Simple 3 Ingredient Hot Honey** recipe! All you need is about 5 minutes and you’ve got a delicious sweet and spicy hot honey sauce right at your fingertips for dipping and drizzling - the possibilities are endless!

Watch How to Make Super Simple 3 Ingredient Hot Honey Here:

What Is Hot Honey?

Hot Honey is used as a sauce and dip, and it’s really been all the rage these days. You may notice that multiple fast food joints and restaurants are serving up hot honey on their menus. Hot honey gives you the best of both worlds by giving you sweetness from honey with a hot kick from spice. I can’t get enough of it, and same with the rest of the world as it’s a super trendy condiment! As I mention in my free motivational guide to explore your potential in the kitchen, Make Cooking Fun!, using what you already have at home can inspire you to try new culinary creations. In this case, you only need 3 ingredients to prepare hot honey, and I’m sure you already have everything! Additionally, this hot honey recipe is so easy and fast to make, so I highly recommend that if you have a pocket of time to whip this up so it’s ready for you to make for lunch or dinner, or for your sides.

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Dietary Information For This Hot Honey Recipe

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Tools Required for Spicy Hot Honey

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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 favourite 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 flavour 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.

How to Store Hot Honey

Simply pour the hot honey in a mason jar or in an airtight container and keep it in the fridge. 1 week is the recommended refrigeration time for butter-based sauces since butter has been mixed with other ingredients. Due to this combined environment, the sauce is more prone to bacteria growth - hence in contrast why butter can be stored for much longer by itself.

This sauce freezes very well. Portion it into small airtight containers or even an ice cube tray. It’ll keep for up to 2–3 months in the freezer.

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 chilli 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 flavour 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 favourite 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 Pepper-oni 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 favourite 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 your favourite all your favourite 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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sauces, vegetarian

American

Yield: 1/3 Cup

Author: Anadi

Super Simple 3 Ingredient Hot Honey Recipe

Your life is about to change with this Super Simple 3 Ingredient Hot Honey sauce! All you need is about 5 minutes and you’ve got a delicious sweet and spicy hot honey sauce right at your fingertips for dipping and drizzling - the possibilities are endless!

Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 2 MinTotal time: 7 Min

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Ingredients

2 Tbsp butter (30g)
1 1/2 Tbsp Franks' Original Red Hot sauce (30g)
1 Tbsp honey (20g)

Instructions

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.