The 20 Best Hot Honey Recipes You Need to Try Now
3-Ingredient Hot Honey
In the last few years, hot honey has gone from one of the biggest ingredient trends to establishing itself as a household condiment staple. The key to a great hot honey lies on the balance between sweet heat. You don't want to burn your mouth and not be able to taste the actual dish; you just need enough heat that you know it's there. Hot honey recipes perfectly show how a touch of heat is the friendly jab you need to elevate any meal from good to one that the whole table happily demolishes. If you have a bottle and need some flaming hot inspiration, scroll down to take a look at our 20 best hot honey recipes.
Related: 35 Easy Honey Recipes From Baked Goods To Glazed Meats
How to Make Hot Honey
While you used to have to prepare your own hot honey if you wanted to indulge in a Hot Honey Chicken Sandwich, there are several varieties to purchase. Buying it prepared leaves you plenty of time to put together recipes such as Hot Honey Spicy Shrimp, Hot Honey Cauliflower and even Hot Honey Chicken Wings and Hot Honey Salmon.
If you decide to prepare hot honey yourself, there are plenty of easy hot honey recipes to do so in this mix. Purists will say you need to infuse the honey over long periods of time with peppers, while the time-savers will tell you to just sprinkle in some chili flakes. It's so versatile, it's up to the individual.
Best Hot Honey Recipes
Get ready for some heat with your sweet in these delicious appetizers, snacks, sandwiches and more!
Parade
Honey and two types of chilies are all you need for this hot honey recipe.
Get the recipe: 3-Ingredient Hot Honey
Mark Boughton/Styling by Teresa Blackburn
Adding a drizzle of chile-infused honey makes for a deliciously spicy-sweet-savory pie.
Get the recipe: Classic Pepperoni Pizza with Chile-Infused Hot Honey Drizzle
Sense and Edibility
Air fryer wings are slathered in a sauce made up with sriracha, curry and spicy honey!
Get the recipe: Curry Sriracha Air Fryer Wings
The Crumby Kitchen
A much-appreciated upgrade of the popular drive-thru chicken and biscuit.
Get the recipe: Buttermilk Fried Chicken Biscuits With Hot Honey
Foody Schmoody Blog
The secret ingredient that make these fritters so irresistible is goat cheese in the batter!
Get the recipe: Sweet Corn Fritters With Hot Honey
The Short Order Cook
Just when we thought grilled cheese couldn't get better, they went ahead and added figs and spicy honey!
Get the recipe: Grilled Cheese With Figs and Hot Honey
Holistic Foodie
This sweet and spicy sauce takes chicken thighs to a whole new level.
Get the recipe: Hot Honey Chicken Thighs
Kitchen Lifestyle
Crispy outside and tender inside is what these cauliflower bites boast.
Get the recipe: Hot Honey Cauliflower
Our Good Life
Crispy shrimp are served up along with a sweet and spicy hot honey sauce.
Get the recipe: Jalapeno Air Fryer Shrimp With BBQ Hot Honey
Couple In The Kitchen
This full-flavor salmon dish can be prepared with the sous-vide method, or traditional stove-top.
Get the recipe: Hot Honey and Sriracha Salmon
Play Party Plan
Only four ingredients to this crowd-pleasing appetizer that brings the heat.
Get the recipe: Hot Honey Glazed Bacon Wrapped Smokies
Treat Yo Self NY
Save your leftovers (if you have them) because this sweet & spicy squash makes a great addition to salads.
Get the recipe: Hot Honey Roasted Delicata Squash
Stef's Eats and Sweets
Classic ham and cheese gets a welcomed new flavor profile in these spicy little sliders.
Get the recipe: Hot Honey Ham & Swiss Sliders
Chisel and Fork
This pizza is reminiscent of a classic Italian pizzeria.
Get the recipe: Hot Honey Drizzled Salami Pizza
Our Good Life
This grilled corn is like a flavor explosion with the sweet of the corn, the tart of the lime and the spice of the hot honey.
Get the recipe: Grilled Corn With Hot Honey Lime Sauce
JZ Eats
Old Bay is a classic seasoning but there's nothing classic about this recipe for wings that's for sure! These wings bring the flavor!
Get the recipe: Old Bay Air Fryer Wings
Casual Foodist
The secret to this hot honey recipe is the apple cider vinegar; it balance the heat and sweet perfectly.
Get the recipe: Hot Honey
Casual Foodist
This baked brie hits all the notes: creamy, salty, crunchy, sweet and spicy.
Get the recipe: Baked Brie With Hot Honey & Pecans
Our Good Life
An easy side dish and no worries if you don't have fresh corn, frozen works great too!
Get the recipe: Hot Honey Skillet Corn
Karen's Kitchen Stories
These wings are started in a pressure cooker and finished off quickly under a broil for the char.
Get the recipe: Hot Honey Chicken Wings With Buttermilk Chive Dressing
Lord Byron's Kitchen
Baked pork chops slathered in a spicy, sweet and zesty sauce!
Get the recipe: Spicy Honey Lime Pork Chops
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