Ole Ray's Apple Cinnamon BBQ Sauce Now in Gallon Jugs!

Attention BBQ fanatics and lovers of great tasting barbecue sauces:

The Carolina Sauces online store now sells Ole Ray's Apple Cinnamon BBQ Sauce in gallon jugs!

Perfect for whenever you're cooking for a crowd, these food-service gallon jugs of one of Ole Ray's most popular barbecue sauce flavors is not just for catering, family reunions, charity BBQs or other special events: It's also a very economical way to stock up on tangy-sweet, thick and sassy apple cinnamon barbecue sauce for the summer. Not only do you save money buy buying "in bulk" when you purchase the larger size, you also save on shipping by ordering one or two of these plastic jugs rather several glass bottles throughout the course of the grilling season. In short, these gallons of Ole Ray's Apple Cinnamon BBQ Sauce are a no-brainer for anyone who loves outdoor cooking, grilling and smoking.

Fantastic as a basting, finishing and dipping sauce for pork or beef ribs, this award-winning barbeque sauce is also wonderful with brisket, pork chops, grilled chicken, veggie or shrimp or meat kabobs, and even on burgers, in meatloaf and in other more creative recipes that benefit from a good barbecue sauce. The sweet apple flavor marries beautifully with the rich tomato and cider vinegar base, while mustard, a pinch of cayenne and savory spices add a touch of zest without making this sauce hot or spicy. Cinnamon, molasses, brown sugar and natural smoke add depth and mellow warmth, for a luscious flavor the whole family will love.

If you'd rather buy barbecue sauce in "regular" 16 oz. bottles, don't worry, we also sell Ole Ray's Apple Cinnamon Barbecue Sauce in pint bottles. And if you're interested in other flavors of this award-winning line of cooking, grilling and barbeque sauces, check out our huge selection of Ole Ray's Sauces, all of which are on sale now.

Zestfully yours,
Gloria

PS: This is merely one of the several different sauces we sell in larger or "food service" sizes. Click here to see our full selection of BBQ & hot sauces in gallon and  half-gallon sizes.

Carolina Reaper Salsa is Here!

Trinidad Moruga scorpion chiles? C'mon, they're sooooo last-year.

Ghost peppers or jolokias? Get serious, that's ancient history. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

Habanero or jalapeno peppers? Puh-leeze! Those are for wimps and newbies.

OK, then what about pepper extracts or capsaicin oil? Totally unnecessary if you're dealing with GOOD super-hot salsa made with high-quality ingredients and enough hot peppers.

If you're SERIOUS about SEARING chili pepper heat, nothing but Carolina reaper peppers will do.

And if you're also uncompromising as to flavor and quality, then we have the salsa for you:

Introducing Cajohn's Reaper Super Hot Salsa, featuring the NEW hottest pepper in the world, the Carolina Reaper chili!

Sure, this baby is powerfully hot and showcases the reaper pepper in all its fury, but it's more than just another super-hot salsa. The Reaper Salsa from Cajohn's actually tastes good, is made with quality all-natural ingredients, and delivers multi-layered heat thanks to the addition of habanero peppers and jalapeno peppers. Garlic, onion and secret spices deliver zest, fresh tomatoes provide the rich traditional salsa base, and a touch of turbinado sugar takes the edge off and brings everything together harmoniously while letting the fiery heat take center stage. There's no pepper extract or capsaicin oil in this product because there's no need for artificial enhancement of the heat level, and thus your enjoyment of this salsa won't be marred by chemical- or metallic-tasting off-flavors, unnecessarily painful heat or any tongue-numbing side-effects that would prevent you from enjoying your food.

Are YOU brave enough to try a hot salsa made with the infamous Carolina reaper pepper? Then get yourself a jar of Cajohn's Reaper Super Hot Salsa from the Carolina Sauces online store, while it's on sale, and you'll earn yourself some serious bragging rights if you can handle the heat!

Zestfully yours,
Gloria

You Think Shakira is Hot? Check Out these New Colombian Imports!

Attention spicy-foods lovers with a taste for the hot and exotic:

Amazon Hot Sauces from Colombia have three new flavors now available at the Carolina Sauces online store, and they're all currently on sale!

Amazon Green Hot Sauce, aka salsa picante verde in Spanish, is made with green Amazon peppers and turmeric for an eye-catching pale green color,  moderate heat level and savory-tangy flavor. Food-friendly and approachable, it's an excellent choice for everyday and every-meal use at the table and in the kitchen when a recipe calls for hot sauce. Enjoy it on anything from breakfast eggs and potatoes to lunchtime sandwiches and salads, cookout staples like burgers or kabobs, appetizers like nachos or fried finger food, party fare like pizza or dips, and with dinner entrees ranging from steak and chops to broiled seafood, roast chicken, casseroles and sides, and more.

Amazon Habanero Hot Sauce is a solidly hot, all-purpose savory hot sauce made with ripe red Amazon chiles and fiery red habanero peppers, for a unique fiery flavor that's bright and almost fruit-like but not sweet or fruity -- rather, there's a mellow roundness to the peppery flavor, obtainable only by using ripe rather than green chiles which have an edgier, sometimes "grassy" or vegetal quality (think of the difference in flavor between red bell peppers and unripe green ones). The light touch of cane sugar harmonizes everything together without turning this into a sweet hot sauce. Amazon Habanero Hot Sauce is great with more robust foods like grilled meats and poultry, rice & bean dishes, chili, stews casseroles, pizza and pasta.

Amazon Mild Hot N' Sweet Mango Sauce is an alluring, piquant blend of juicy sweet mango with just the right amount of spicy habanero peppers for a playfully zesty sauce that adds sweet excitement and tropical intrigue to lighter foods like fish, seafood, chicken, stir-fry and other rice dishes. But that's not all: This sweet & savory hot sauce is a welcome companion to salty tortilla chips, french fries, calabash shrimp and other crunchy-salty fare. This is the mildest of the Amazon hot sauces, but most definitely not bland or boring when it comes to palate-friendly flavors. Made with exotic ingredients such as passionfruit, mango vinegar and turmeric, it's a memorable sensory experience that will enthrall and enchant you.

These are only three of the newest products to arrive at our warehouse partner, and we have more showing up regularly. Click here to see all new products.

Zestfully yours,
Gloria

Foo Foo Mama Choo -- Say WHAT??

The newest hot sauce from High River Sauces is called Foo Foo Mama Choo and is made with the Carolina Reaper pepper, which recently dethroned the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper as the NEW hottest pepper in the world.

Unlike other hot sauces that are quick to jump on the "hottest pepper" bandwagon, this one doesn't cut corners when it comes to quality ingredients and great flavors. High River Sauces takes pride in producing what some would consider "artisan" hot sauces, which is really just a fancy way of saying that their sauces are as much about tasting really good on their own as they are about delivering fiery heat. Their latest creation is true to that commitment to quality, and will please both the serious chilehead as well as the discerning and educated palate.

Roasted red peppers and fire-roasted tomatoes are blended with rice wine vinegar to provide the backbone or base of High River Sauces FooFoo Mama Choo Hot Sauce, for an incomparably rich, smooth, and never harshly tart initial presence on the tongue. You then experience the distinctively bright, almost fruit-like Carolina reaper, with its searingly hot bite -- but because there are no extracts or artificial heat enhancers in this hot sauce, your taste buds won't get blown out. Instead, assuming you're experienced with VERY hot sauces, you'll be able to enjoy the harmoniously complementary flavor notes from zippy fresh ginger, pungent garlic, savory soy sauce and a touch of brown sugar to round everything out, along with High River Sauce's secret blend of herbs and spices.

Intrigued? Then get yourself a bottle and experience what a well-made Carolina reaper pepper hot sauce should taste like. Buy Foo Foo Mama Choo Hot Sauce online from the Carolina Sauces online store while it's on sale.

Zestfully yours,
Gloria

A New Marinade for New Mexico Hatch Chile Lovers

New Mexico is famous for its green chili, a thick and hearty, pale green, tangy-spicy stew made with Hatch peppers, chicken, onions, garlic and savory spices. The key ingredient in green chili is the Hatch pepper, which is also called New Mexico pepper. Hatch chiles are also used in southwestern barbecue sauces and marinades that complement everything from chicken and poultry to beef, pork, venison and other red meats. New Mexico style green chile marinades also work quite well with fish, shrimp and other seafood as well as with grillable vegetables like mushrooms and summer squash, because they tend to be lighter or more subtle in flavor rather than earthy or robust like chipotle or habanero based marinades can be.

Fresh Hatch peppers are hard to find on the east coast or pretty much anywhere outside of New Mexico because of their short growing season and limited growing area. As a result, they are highly prized by chefs and cooks who want to make authentic New Mexico style recipes and sauces featuring the distinctively bright, moderately spicy flavor of this elusive pepper.

If you want to experience the zesty flavors of New Mexico Hatch peppers but cannot find the chiles in your local stores, I have good news: The Carolina Sauce online store now carries a wonderful new green chile marinade made in the traditional way with Hatch peppers, lime juice and other all-natural ingredients for genuine southwestern flavor!

Stubb's Green Chile Marinade comes to us from Texas' first name in all things barbecue: Stubb's. This baby is appropriately moderate in spiciness (the only hot chiles used in this sauce are Hatch peppers and jalapenos), with a delightful citrus tang from lime and pineapple juices as well as orange and lemon zest. Garlic, onion and a secret blend of spices add savory depth, while a touch of brown sugar provides mellow harmony to this symphony of Southwestern flavors and spice. And like all of Stubb's barbecue sauces, marinades and rubs, this marinade is made with only the finest all-natural ingredients.

Buy Stubb's Green Chile Marinade online while it's on sale at the Carolina Sauce Company, and you can enjoy New Mexico style barbecue and grilling anytime of year, anywhere you can grill, smoke or cook.

Zestfully yours,
Gloria

Available Now: Pure Red Habanero Pepper Mash by the Gallon

Attention caterers, restaurants, BBQ competition teams, and anyone else who prepares food for large crowds -- and also anyone who makes batches of hot sauce or is seriously addicted to habanero peppers or spicy food:

The Carolina Sauces online store now sells Pure Red Habanero Pepper Mash by the gallon!

This is the real deal, folks, unprocessed and without any additives of any sort, which means you'll get the freshest, purest red habanero flavor and heat. This fiery hot pepper mash is made from the finest select red habaneros picked at their peak of ripeness for ideal heat with a nicely rounded, almost sweetly mellow finish that you don't get from lesser quality or unripe peppers. In short, you get the best possible combination of rich habanero flavor and powerful heat.

Packed in food-service plastic gallons for ease of shipment, storage and handling (plastic jugs are much lighter and obviously less fragile than glass), this high-quality habanero mash is ideal for professional chefs and cooks as well as home canners, "mom & pop" hot sauce or barbecue sauce manufacturers, and other fiery food enthusiasts.

Normally sold for $45 a gallon, our gallon jugs of Pure Red Habanero Pepper Mash are currently on sale for only $39.95 -- And if you sign up for our free VIP Club, you'll automatically receive a coupon for an additional 5% off the sale price!

Any questions? Simply email Customer Service, or contact me.

Zestfully yours,
Gloria

What Would YOU Cook with Dried Whole Ghost Chilies & Scorpion Peppers?

Do you relish the relentless firepower of extremely hot chili peppers?

Do you swoon for the searing heat of brutally hot scorpion peppers?

Does the painful burn of fearsome ghost peppers bring tears of painful pleasure and shivers of devilish delight?

Is the idea of playing with peppery fire in the kitchen appealing to you?

If you answered YES to any of those questions, then I have fantastic fiery news for you:

The Carolina Sauces online store is now your source for dried whole ghost chilies (also known as bhut jolokia or naga jolokia peppers) and for even hotter dried whole scorpion peppers -- and both are currently on sale, no coupon required!

These ultra-hot chilies are among the hottest known to man (or woman), with the large smoke-dried ghost pepper pods rating at or above 1 million SHUs (Scoville Heat Units) and the dried scorpion pepper pods measuring at or above 1.4 million SHUs.

In other words, these are not your friendly everyday dried chilies. You need to exercise extreme care and wear rubber gloves when handling these wrinkly embodiments of hellish flames. And as with ultra-hot hot sauces and pepper extracts, you only need a tiny amount to deliver intensely hot heat -- in other words, a little goes a LONG way.

If you dare cook with these super-hot dried peppers, what would you make with them? The world's hottest chili? Perhaps a lethal chimichanga, or a weaponized burrito? Or how about some nuclear-strength curry, or atomic hot wings?

What would YOU cook with dried ghost peppers or scorpion peppers?

Tell us in a comment below, and please share your recipes if you dare!

Zestfully yours,
Gloria

PS: Interested in learning more about the Scoville heat scale and how the heat of hot peppers and hot sauces is measured? Click here to read about the Scoville Heat Scale and for a chart showing where many of the popular chili peppers fall on the scale.

NEW Scorpion Pepper Hot Sauces from Melinda's & Susie's

Good news for fans of super-hot hot sauces and lovers of the unique flavor and heat of Caribbean scorpion peppers:

The Carolina Sauces online store now carries two new scorpion pepper hot sauces!

Melinda's Scorpion Pepper Sauce is the latest from the world-renowned maker of Melinda's Hot Sauces in Costa Rica. The main ingredient in this VERY hot sauce is the fearsome Trinidad Moruga scorpion pepper, one of the hottest chilies on the planet. These peppers are blended in a traditional Caribbean hot sauce base of vinegar, carrots, onion, lime juice, garlic & salt for a straightforward, savory-tangy flavor that lets you experience the scorpion peppers in all their potent glory. This all-natural hot sauce is a fine example of what a well-made, single-pepper hot sauce should taste like, and proves that an extremely hot sauce (around an 8 on a 1 to 10 scale) need not be a "taste bud killer" to satisfy one's craving for serious heat and pure chile flavor.

Susie's Scorpion Hot Sauce also boasts only natural ingredients, with flaming-hot scorpion peppers taking center stage. Made in Susie's kitchens in Antigua & Barbuda following the local hot sauce traditions that have made Susie's hot sauces highly sought-after and famous around the world, this fiery, savory pepper sauce features a tangy vinegar-mustard base with a secret blend of complementary spices that bring out the best in the scorpion chile. Around an 8 or so on your average 10-point heat scale, this hot sauce is powerfully hot but not dangerously so. Nevertheless, I recommend starting off with just a small amount on your food until you become comfortable with the heat level.

Both of these scorpion pepper sauces can be used on any savory dish, either at the table or in recipes calling for all-purpose, versatile hot sauces. And both of these new hot sauces are currently on sale at the Carolina Sauces online store.

Zestfully yours,
Gloria

Heartbreaking Dawn's Nuit En Enfer Hot Sauce

"Nuit en Enfer" means "Night in Hell," and that's likely what you'll experience if you don't treat this ultra-hot sauce with the proper respect and due care. Yes, it is THAT hot, and should be handled and consumed with discretion and restraint lest you burn your insides and suffer the consequences.

That said, Heartbreaking Dawn's Nuit En Enfer Hot Sauce is a masterpiece of mind-numbing hot peppers and mysteriously luscious, exotic flavors. The serious heat comes from some of the hottest peppers on the planet: Moruga and Trinidad scorpion peppers, ghost peppers (jolokia) and scotch bonnet peppers. The intriguingly tasty flavors come from an inspired blend of apricots, cardamom and rice vinegar. The overall effect is hellishly delicious. If the devil were a gourmet chef, this is the kind of hot sauce he'd develop for his pleasure.

A little goes a long way when you use Nuit En Enfer from Heartbreaking Dawn's. Start off with a toothpick drop until you get a "feel" for the intensity of the heat and a sense for the flavor profile. Once you're comfortable with this extreme hot sauce, you'll love how it goes with all of your favorite hearty fare, especially grilled or roasted meats, poultry and vegetables, robust rice & bean dishes, and more substantial stir-fry creations.

Buy Nuit En Enfer online while it's on sale at the Carolina Sauces online store.

Zestfully yours,
Gloria

New Flavor of Deano's Jalapeno Chips: White Cheddar

Attention low-carb and gluten-free diet followers, and anyone who enjoys spicy snacks:

Deano's Jalapeno Chips has a new flavor: White Cheddar!

Jalapeno chips are just that: thinly-sliced fresh green jalapeno peppers that are crisp-fried for maximum crunch and then generously seasoned with specially selected complementary spices, real cheese and other delicious seasonings. Previously available in dairy-free Sea Salt, tangy Ranch and cheesy Cheddar flavors, the new White Cheddar Jalapeno Chips are a welcome addition to the Deano's family with their rich, creamy, tangy white cheddar cheese flavor and feisty jalapeno pepper kick.

Deano's Jalapeno Chips are the gluten-free, low-carb spicy snack of choice among health-conscious snackers who want great flavor and satisfying crunch without the empty calories, high carbs or greasy fat of potato chips and other highly processed commercial chips. Deano's White Cheddar Jalapeno Chips are made with fresh jalapeno peppers grown in Texas and New Mexico, real cheddar cheese, fresh buttermilk and other wholesome ingredients, and fried in pure vegetable oils. There are NO hydrogenated or partially-hydrogenated oils, NO trans fats, NO cholesterol, and NO gluten.

Order a bag or three today, and try one or more of the other flavors of Deano's Jalapeno Chips to experience the delightfully delicious spicy snack that's sweeping the nation.

Zestfully yours,
Gloria

New Collegiate Hot Sauces from Arkansas State, Cincinnati & Memphis!

March Madness is right around the corner, and the Carolina Sauces online store has added three new collegiate hot sauces just in time.

Arkansas State Red Wolves Hot Sauce proudly sports the university's colors and the label is emblazoned with its fearsome wolf's head logo. This hot sauce is officially licensed by Arkansas State University, and is a great way to show your school spirit while adding zesty, peppery flavor to all your favorite tailgating and game-day party foods. Enjoy this all-natural cayenne pepper sauce in your homemade hot wings recipe, in hearty chili, on nachos, pizza or fried chicken, and with anything else that could use a kick.

For fans of the University of Cincinnati, we now have Cincinnati Bearcats Hot Sauce, which is also officially licensed to bear the school's name, logo and colors. The bold black label is eye-catching and striking in its rarity -- very few hot sauces have a black label -- and the stylized C "pawprint" logo really stands out. Inside the bottle you'll find a tangy, tasty Louisiana-style hot sauce with straightforward aged cayenne pepper flavor and fire. This versatile, all-natural hot sauce adds just the right amount of food-friendly heat to wake up any savory dish, especially all the appetizers and snacks you like to enjoy while cheering for your favorite team.

And last but certainly not least, we're happy to announce Memphis Tigers Hot Sauce, brought to us with the official "blessing" of the University of Memphis. Like all our other collegiate hot sauces, this one is made with natural ingredients and gets its classic flavor and fire primarily from aged red cayenne peppers. Medium in heat with a pleasantly savory vinegar tang, you can enjoy this all-purpose hot sauce on pretty much anything and everything except dessert and sweets. From bloody Marys to Buffalo wings, burgers and fries to chips and dips, nachos and tacos to pizza and bratwurst, they'll all get a welcome wake-up call when you splash on some of this hot sauce. The school colors and pouncing tiger logo will proclaim your allegiance to the Tigers, too.

Our collegiate hot sauces are ideal for showing off team pride and school spirit. They make excellent graduation gifts as well as holiday stocking-stuffers and any-occasion gifts for students, faculty, staff, alumni and other fans. You can browse our entire selection of officially-licensed college & university hot sauces, all of which are currently on sale, when you click here.

Zestfully yours,
Gloria

Leon's Southern Charm Hot Sauce

Click to buy Leon's Southern Charm

Spicy, sassy and slightly sweet, Leon's Southern Charm Hot Sauce has plenty of spunky character, just like its creator -- yes, there really is a Leon behind this hot sauce, and this is his own recipe, developed and perfected over the decades to charm the palate of hot sauce fans and lovers of great-tasting spicy foods.

Hailing from Hunstville, Alabama, this all-purpose medium-hot sauce gets its layers of peppery heat and zesty flavor from specially-selected chili peppers including jalapenos, cayennes and orange habaneros, all carefully blended with onions, garlic and secret spices with just a touch of sugar and salt. The ingredients are all-natural, and there are no unnecessary fillers, diluters, or heat enhancers like capsaicin extract.

Whether you splash it on served savory fare at the table or use it in recipes calling for hot sauce like deviled eggs or Buffalo wings, Leon's Southern Charm is up for the task, delivering zippy pizzazz without punishing pain from too much heat. Try it in homemade pimento cheese to liven things up, or add a few splashes to your homemade barbecue sauce or marinades for a feisty but food-friendly kick. Consider this hot sauce a southern gentleman among a crowded field of boorish burners that don't understand the importance of complementing rather than overpowering a food's flavors.

Buy Leon's Southern Charm Hot Sauce online while it's on sale at the Carolina Sauces online store.

Zestfully yours,
Gloria

Sweet & Sassy BBQ Sauce for your Favorite Handyman

Handyman Sweet & Sassy BBQ Sauce is true to its descriptive name: Plump, ripe tomatoes are blended with real honey, molasses and brown sugar for luscious sweetness, while mustard, onions, garlic, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce provide savory sass. This lip-lickin' good barbecue sauce also has a subtle hint of smoke for depth, and a zippy peppery finish for just a touch of heat. In short, Handyman Sweet N' Sassy BBQ Sauce is sure to satisfy your favorite Handyman's hunger for great-tasting barbecue chicken, ribs, burgers and more.

If you're still looking for stocking-stuffers or thoughtful little gifts to give to friends, colleagues, family or those key people who have helped you out this year with work around the house, give them a bottle of Handyman Sweet & Sassy BBQ Sauce. Or, if you've already finished all your Christmas and holiday shopping, treat yourself to a bottle of this tasty barbecue sauce to enjoy when the weather is warm enough to grill and also when you cook indoors in your crock pot, oven, or on the stove.

Don't limit yourself to grilled or smoked meats with the sauce:  It adds rich flavor to baked beans, sloppy joes, meatloaf, shrimp or veggie kabobs, as a dip for french fries or chicken wings, and other similar indoor fare.

When using while grilling or cooking on your smoker, slather on this sweet BBQ sauce during the final 10 minutes of cooking so that it caramelizes into a mouthwatering crust and seals in the juices (don't use it earlier or it could burn because of the honey and sugar).

Buy Handyman Sweet N' Sassy BBQ Sauce online while it's on sale at the Carolina Sauces website. We also have the smoky-hot Handyman Chipotle Sauce on sale if your handyman enjoys hot & spicy foods.

Zestfully yours,
Gloria

PS: If you're reading this before January 1st and would like a coupon for 10% off your order at our online store, send me an email (sales@carolinasauce.com) asking for your VIP coupon and I'll send it to you.

Tahiti Joe's Hot Sauce Gift Box: Spicy Flavors with a Playful Twist

Here's another wonderful hot sauce gift idea for the spicy foods aficionado with a playful sense of culinary adventure: Tahiti Joe's Hot Sauce Gift Box, on sale now at the Carolina Sauces online store.

This colorful collection of four full-size (5oz bottles) tropics-inspired hot sauces come packed in a sturdy cardboard gift box that's ready for wrapping and is sure to delight the lucky recipient. Inside the box are the following four flavors of Tahiti's Joe's hot sauces:

• Polynesian Hot Sauce: Inspired by the time Joe spent exploring the South Seas, this exotic hot sauce is all about heat with flavor. Aged red peppers, habaneros and jalapenos deliver layers of solid heat while unique and unusual ingredients including a splash of clam juice, a sprinkle of parmesan cheese and a secret blend of island spices add savory notes. Joe brings everything together into a sweet symphony of flavors by adding real honey. 


• Onionator XXX Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce: Made with the ferociously hot ghost pepper yet pleasantly surprising in its approachability, this savory and fiery hot sauce is coveted by people who love the earthy pungency of onions and garlic. The base includes tomatoes, cider vinegar, lemon juice, clam juice, Worcestershire and honey plus Joe's special spice blend. This hot sauce is a fiery foodie's delight!


• Tropi-Garlic Hot Sauce is a creative combination of Italian flavors like garlic, tomatoes and parmesan cheese with Tahiti Joe's trademark tropical ingredients.  More savory than sweet, it's a natural for spicing up pizza, pasta, chicken parm, sausage & peppers, and other hearty fare.


• Camel Toe Hot Sauce: Don't blame me for the name; I am not responsible for it! Sweet, sassy and subtly smoky, this saucy condiment features mangoes, apple juice and chipotles in Joe's traditional hot sauce base, with his usual combo of aged red peppers habaneros and jalapenos. This baby is more than just a gimmicky hot sauce with a risqué name!

Tahiti Joe's Gift Box is perfect as a Christmas gift or for any other occasion. And if you'd like to save 10% off its already reduced sale price, simply become a Carolina Sauce VIP (it's FREE) and you automatically receive a special coupon code for 10% off your product total! But don't delay -- this special VIP discount coupon expires at midnight TONIGHT, December 20th.

Zestfully yours,
Gloria

Trinidad Traders Hot Sauce Gift Box

Here is a hot sauce gift for anyone who appreciates a hot sauce with solid peppery heat and well-balanced, savory tang. Trinidad Traders Hot Sauce Gift Box comes with four such distinctively delicious hot sauces from Trinidad Traders, one of the most highly regarded hot sauce manufacturers. The featured sauces include:

• Trailer Trash Cayenne Hot Sauce: "It's hot sauce, y'all!" But it's more than just a funny redneck label - this all-natural Louisiana style hot sauce is made the old fashioned way, with cayenne peppers, vinegar, salt & pepper. That's it, no high-falutin' fancy ingredients or nasty artificial stuff.


• Backdraft Habanero Hot Sauce: This sweet and tangy, fiery habanero sauce is a favorite of firefighters who know good food, because its rich mustard-tomato base blows away the boring one-dimensional competition. It adds flavorful heat to burgers, ribs, wings, grilled food, stir fry dishes & more.


• Trinidad Mild Habanero Sauce: Made in Florida but true to the style of hot sauces from Trinidad, this surprisingly gentle habanero hot sauce features a special blend of complementary vegetables including green peppers and celery, plus delightful spices like ginger, mustard, thyme, basil and other fine herbs unique to Trinidad. Use this spicy sauce whenever you want to add just a touch of heat with a savory Caribbean accent.


• Trinidad Extra Hot Habanero Sauce: Similar in flavor to the Mild habanero sauce but with a powerful habanero punch, this one is great whenever you want assertive, undeniable habanero pepper heat without sacrificing great flavor.

Buy the Trinidad Traders Hot Sauce Gift Box from the Carolina Sauces online store and get all four of these hot sauces at a special low price, in a sturdy and attractive gift box.

Zestfully yours,
Gloria

Plutonium Pepper Extract: 9 Million SHU Strong!

Breaking news for chili pepper addicts, adrenaline junkies, extreme hot sauce collectors and fiery foods fanatics: There's a new ultra-hot, extremely powerful, highly concentrated pepper extract now available at the Carolina Sauces online store, and it delivers a deadly 9 million SHU (Scoville Heat Units) of pure capsaicin FIRE!

Introducing Plutonium Pepper Extract from Mad Dog 357 Sauces.

The word "hot" doesn't even begin to describe the furiously intense and unrelenting burn that this painful puppy inflicts on your tongue, mouth, skin and any other surface exposed to it. Its ingredient list is just 1 ingredient long: Premium pure oleoresin capsicum. Yep, the same stuff that's weaponized for military and police use. 'Nuf said.

The one-ounce bottle might seem small, but trust me when I tell you that it contains what is easily more than a lifetime supply of hot sauce for all but the (fool)hardiest of diners. Don't judge this ultra-hot sauce by its size, but rather by the impact it makes. Just as a single atom of its namesake, radioactive plutonium, is capable of inflicting severe injury and destruction, one little drop of Plutonium 9 Million Scoville Pepper Extract can do the same unless diluted in cooked food such as a pot of chili or a vat of homemade wing sauce or barbecue sauce.

If you want to buy Mad Dog 357 No. 9 Plutonium Pepper Extract from the Carolina Sauce Company, you'll have to sign a waiver & disclaimer and you must be at least 18 years old. And if you plan on actually trying to eat it, please do NOT apply directly to served food (it is not a hot sauce but rather a food additive) and use it only by the micro-droplet while cooking, with extreme caution. Do not leave the bottle out where children or pets might consume or come into contact with the contents.

Personally, I recommend treating Plutonium 9 Million Scoville Extract solely as a collector's item for hot sauce fans, a curiosity to be displayed rather than ingested.

You've now been warned. Proceed with caution lest you get burned and suffer the consequences.

Zestfully yours,
Gloria

Slap Ya Mama Cajun Fish Fry & Seafood Boil Seasonings

Slap Ya Mama has been making award-winning, genuine Cajun seasonings for decades, in the heart of Louisiana's Cajun country. If you're serious about cooking authentic Cajun and Creole cuisine, you're probably familiar with Slap Ya Mama Seasonings.

Just in time for the holidays, Slap Ya Mama has introduced two new products that are guaranteed to garner praise from fans of Louisiana cooking, zesty flavors, and tasty seafood: Slap Ya Mama Cajun Fish Fry mix, and Slap Ya Mama Seafood Boil seasoning.

The Fish Fry mix is a cornmeal and flour-based blend of zesty spices that are ubiquitous in Louisiana cooking: Red pepper, black pepper, salt, garlic, paprika... and absolutely no artificial ingredients or MSG. Use it for dredging or breading all kinds of fish and seafood before frying: Catfish, flounder, whiting, cod, shrimp, scallops, clams, oysters, soft-shell crabs, deviled crabs, fish cakes, and even frog legs, alligator nuggets and strips of chicken breast. You can also use it to make a batter for deep-fried mushrooms, zucchini and other vegetables, or for onion rings, corn dogs and more. Simply follow the easy directions on the package, or go "off-label" and use your own recipes and techniques for breading, dredging and battering. Pleasantly spicy-peppery without burning you out, Slap Ya Mama's Fish Fry produces golden, crispy, crunchy coatings while keeping your fish and seafood (or other breaded, dredged or battered foods) moist and flavorful.

The Seafood Boil is an all-natural blend of savory spices including garlic, paprika, salt, and plenty of red and black pepper of course, and absolutely no MSG at all. As is true with the rest of this highly acclaimed line of Louisiana seasonings, this seafood boil is so naturally good that there's no need to go messin' around with suspicious additives like lesser brands do. Whether you're boiling up a pot of Cajun crawfish, Maryland crabs or Gulf shrimp, simply add a generous amount of Slap Ya Mama's Seafood Boil to the water and follow the rest of the instructions on the package. You can also use it as an all-purpose seasoning spice for french fries, popcorn, hash browns, scrambled eggs, and anything else that could use a peppery flavor boost. Slap Ya Mama packages this zesty blend in a one-pound bag, so go ahead and use it on everything.

Buy Slap Ya Mama seafood seasonings and the rest of this venerable brand of Cajun & Creole spices at the Carolina Sauces online store, where they're all currently on sale.

Zestfully yours,
Gloria

Giant Dave's Insanity Sauce Inflatables are Here!

If you're hunting for a unique hot sauce gift for someone who enjoys really hot sauces but seems to have them all, give him or her this giant inflatable Dave's Insanity Sauce bottle!

Measuring 24 inches tall (that's two feet for those of you who may be mathematically challenged) and 10 inches in diameter, this sturdy blow-up bottle of Dave's Insanity is made of plastic, which means you can drop it without shattering (but don't puncture it, of course!) and it won't spill or burn you. What it WILL do is catch everyone's eye, elicit curious looks, lead to questions and spark up conversation. In other words, the Dave's Insanity blow-up bottle is also a great party decoration or man-cave display item. And for the entrepreneur who sells hot sauces or other zesty products at local markets, it's a great way to increase your visibility, stand out from other vendors and bring in the crowds from a distance.

Buy the Dave's Insanity Sauce blow-up display bottle from the Carolina Sauces online store, where it's one of many new products currently on sale.

And while you're at it, check out all of our Dave's Insanity and Dave's Gourmet products, also on sale.

Zestfully yours,
Gloria

Because You Can't Have Too Much Tabasco Sauce: Here's the Tabasco Ultimate Gift Set!

Click to buy Tabasco products

Tabasco Sauce might very well be the best-known, most frequently used hot sauce on the planet. For many chileheads and fiery-foods fanatics, Tabasco probably is the first hot sauce they ever tried. At least that's the case with me. And no matter how many other hot sauces we chileheads have discovered since our first Tabasco encounter, and no matter which hotter or more complex ones have become favorites, I bet you still keep a bottle or two of the original Tabasco Sauce on hand for those times when you need an honest, straightforward, no-frills, hot-enough-but-not-too-hot, good-tasting pepper sauce to enjoy at the table or spice up a recipe.

The original Tabasco Sauce is the quintessential Louisiana pepper sauce. But did you know that Tabasco comes in other zesty flavors and styles in addition to the all-purpose tangy original?

And did you know that you can now get ALL flavors of Tabasco Sauce for a bargain price when you order the Tabasco Sauce Ultimate Gift Set from the Carolina Sauces online store?

Our Tabasco Gift is the perfect hot sauce gift for anyone who enjoys spicy foods and zesty, versatile hot sauces. It includes all seven (7) flavors of Tabasco Sauce: The Original red pepper sauce, pungent and savory Garlic Tabasco (the original recipe jazzed up with garlic), smoky and spicier Chipotle Tabasco (great with Tex-Mex and Southwestern foods), fiery-hot Habanero Tabasco sauce (the hottest of the bunch), brightly zesty Green Tabasco Pepper Sauce (made with jalapenos and the mildest of the bunch), devilishly sassy Sweet & Spicy Tabasco Sauce (fantastic with stir-fry and Asian foods), and classic Buffalo Style Tabasco sauce (a natural with chicken wings and Buffalo shrimp). Buy the Tabasco Sauce Gift Set while it's on sale, and save over $14 over the regular price!

Zestfully yours,
Gloria

PS: Tabasco also makes hot cinnamon candy and spicy lollipops with zippy cinnamon flavor, as well as Spicy Garlic Dill Pickles and southern-style Spicy Pickled Okra. These are great gifts for anyone who enjoys zesty, spicy snacks!

SuckleBusters Texas BBQ Sauces, Rubs & Seasonings have Arrived!

Finally, Sucklebusters BBQ products have arrived at the Carolina Sauces online store!

Made in Texas and representing the Lone Star State exceptionally well with their big, bold, unabashedly all-American flavor and zest, SuckleBusters sauces, seasonings and rubs should be on every barbecue enthusiast's and meat-lover's wish list.

Sucklebusters Barbecue Sauces are true to their home state: Rich in flavor and texture, with robust savory flavors tempered by mellow sweetness and spiced with just the right peppery finish, their familiar, friendly flavors appeal to young and old alike. In addition to their mouthwatering Original, Sucklebusters also offers a spicy, smoky Chipotle BBQ Sauce for folks who prefer more heat with dark, earthy flavors that complement Sucklebusters' original sweet-tangy recipe.

When it comes to BBQ dry rubs, Sucklebusters rules the day with their award-winning line of barbecue seasonings. Their Competition BBQ Rub is mild and savory without any peppery heat, making it ideal for families or get-togethers where some people might not like spicy foods. Seasoned with sweet paprika, garlic and other savory ingredients, it's a natural on brisket, London broil, roasts and other beef cuts. Hog Waller Pork & Rib Rub was developed especially for pork, and its sweet & sassy flavor brings out the best in the "other white meat." Chili pepper and a dash of ground chipotle add just a touch of spiciness to tickle your taste buds without burning or turning this rub into a "hot" rub. It's excellent on ribs, chops and pork butt, as well as on venison and even chicken. Hoochie Mama BBQ Rub is hot and spicy, with a feisty kick that will thrill fans of spicy foods. But don't worry, it won't burn you out: In true Texas fashion, this all-purpose spicy BBQ rub is more about great flavor than furious fire (I'd rate it a solid medium on my heat scale).

SuckleBusters also makes other special seasoning blends, including a mouthwatering Campfire Steak Seasoning that's a must for anyone who enjoys a grilled steak with superior flavor and juicy tenderness. Its delectably savory-sweet flavor comes from gourmet ingredients like sea salt, turbinado sugar, thyme, dried chiles and other all-natural seasonings. If fajitas are on the menu, then you need SuckleBusters Fajita Seasoning, with genuine Tex-Mex flavor and fire. Chili peppers are the primary ingredient in this robust savory seasoning blend, and it works wonders with any variety of fajita, whether beef, chicken, shrimp or vegetarian. And since Sucklebusters is from Texas, it should come as no surprise that they make an award-winning authentic Texas Chili Seasoning that's essential if you're making "Texas Red" chili (the recipe is on the label). Medium-hot with 5 different kinds of peppers and deeply savory, this chili seasoning blend has all the spices you need to make a pot of hearty chili -- just add ground beef (or turkey or venison) and beans (if you must). Finally, there's Texas Gold Dust Seasoning, the very first Sucklebusters product and a fantastically versatile all-purpose Tex-Mex seasoning. Use it on any meats, poultry or vegetables whether you're cooking on the stove, in the oven, on the BBQ grill or smoker, or in a crock pot. Cumin, garlic, dried chilies, sea salt and other gourmet spices provide the unmistakeably Tex-Mex flavor and peppery heat.

If you're a serious chilehead or fiery-foods fanatic, SuckleBusters has seasonings and sauces for you, too. First, there's Texas Gunpowder seasoning, which is made from pure dried jalapeno peppers and no other ingredients or fillers. It comes in two convenient sizes: A small plastic jar that's ideal for taking with you when eating away from home, and also a standard plastic dry-rub bottle that's perfect for the kitchen.

Sucklebusters also makes authentic Texas Pepper Sauces that are thick and rich, not runny, with award-winning savory flavor and moderate heat. The Original Texas Heat Pepper Sauce is well-balanced with solid medium heat that'll wake you up and keep you coming back for more. Their Chipotle Pepper Sauce delivers the distinctively dark and smoky flavor of chipotles blended into a smooth, slightly sweet and pleasantly tangy base. And for a more powerful peppery punch there's SuckleBusters Habanero Pepper Sauce, which has just enough habanero pepper to ratchet up the heat a couple of notches but not to the point of overwhelming or overpowering the rich flavors of this surprisingly tasty and food-friendly hot sauce.

All Sucklebusters products are currently on sale at the Carolina Sauce Company, and you can get a special coupon code to save an additional 10% off your product total when you join our free VIP Club (offer good through 12/20/13, so sign up now to get your VIP coupon code).

Zestfully yours,
Gloria