Here is how to make hot honey sauce! This drizzle is so much easier to spice up your breakfast or the drink. Requires pantry friendly-just two ingredients and is good to make in a flash of a second.
Need a break between your regular breakfast drizzles? Or need inspiring sauce ideas? Try this easy hot honey sauce!
Instead of using plain honey, enjoying this flavorful recipe could break the boredom. And who knows? This addictive sauce could turn out to be one of your favorites as well, like this boom boom sauce.

When it comes to sharing the recipes, we tend to keep the recipes as simple as possible with minimal ingredients and with little cooking time.
And this hot honey sauce recipe is one of its kind. If you are looking for something more spicy then this honey Sriracha sauce, is one best recipe to consider.
Making a simple and straightforward hot honey sauce that's truly inspiring! Made in just 10 minutes and good to store upto three to four weeks.
It is flavored honey with its natural sweetness but with two other interesting added factors-with a hint of heat and with a hint of kick.
Believe me, that the above factors make all the difference that you can imagine.
This hot honey sauce is versatile, pour it over a slice of bread, over the fresh cut fruits, drizzle over the breakfast cereal, or stir stir in your drink. The options are many to relish, while you can make it effortlessly.
Easy to make, easy to store, that's the happy thing for a mom.
How does this hot honey sauce taste like?
This hot honey sauce tastes luscious with the honey's natural sweetness. Along with the roasted peppers flavor and with mild heat.
The heat will not irritate the tongue but still the palate could quite feel it. However, this rare combination makes it more interesting and worth trying.
How to make a delicious hot honey sauce.
- This recipe is highly adoptable and does not restrict with a specific type of ingredient.
- This hot honey drizzle can be done over stove top or in the microwave oven.
- Allow the honey to slightly warm up at a low temperature. Heating too much beyond 98°F causes the honey to lose important components.
- The microwave is a quick option to make this hot honey sauce, but I would highly recommend using the stovetop method as it is more reliable and has more control over the heat when handling the honey.
- If you prefer, you may strain the red pepper flakes when the honey is still warm. And later store them in an airtight container.
The ingredients needed
Honey. The base ingredient. The regular honey that normally you use in your kitchen works perfectly. However, you may also use organic honey, or manuka honey which also works great.
For vegan choice, you may try maple syrup or agave nectar(though I have not tried this vegan option, but theoretically it should work well). If you have tried this vegan way, let’s know your feedback through your valuable comments.
Red chili flakes. The only ingredients to spice up the sauce. I have used roasted red pepper flakes, for its intense flavors and its depth of heat.
How to make the hot honey sauce
Add the honey to the glass mixing bowl and add the red pepper flakes. And set aside.
Fill a saucepan with water halfway through. Bring it to a rolling boil and place the glass bowl over it. Make sure the bottom of the glass bowl does not touch the level of water.
And now place the glass bowl filled with honey. Allow the honey to heat using the steam from the saucepan.
Stir continuously with a spatula for about 1-2 minutes or until the honey’s texture thins down slightly. This double-boil warming procedure allows the honey to infuse with a rich peppery flavor.
Remove from the heat and allow the honey to cool down to room temperature.
Transfer it to an airtight glass container and ENJOY!!
Best to serve with
This hot honey sauce could literally work like a charm wherever and the regular honey is used.
Bread Toast. Think of drizzling over the breakfast toast like this spicy French toast, spicy avocado toast.
Salad. Drizzle over your choice of salad like spicy kale salad, greek yogurt cucumber salad and make them more delectable.
Fruits and veggies. Grilled veggies or roasted vegetables, a tablespoon of hot drizzle sauce do wonders.
In the sauce. Mix it along with other premade sauces like sriracha sauce, hot sauce and give it an instant face lift.
Cereal and drink. Stir-in your breakfast cereal or drink like this coconut milk chia pudding. And enjoy!
How to store?
Room temperature. Though the honey has antibacterial factors that makes it store for months in the room temperature.
Practically, I would highly recommend using hot honey sauce within 3 to 4 weeks to avoid any human errors or contaminations.
Refrigerator. You may also store in the refrigerator to use upto four to five weeks.
Tools required
Saucepan. You can use it for double boiling like this hot honey sauce recipe.
Glass jar. A good quality air tight jar is ideal for any dish including this drizzle.
Hot honey sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon roasted red peppers
Instructions
- In a medium heat, place a saucepan filled half with water and bring it to a rolling boil.
- Add honey to a glass mixing bowl and place them over the saucepan. Make sure the bottom of the glass bowl does not touch the water level.
- And stir the honey continuously with a spatula for about 2-3 minutes or until the honey is slightly thin down.
- Remove it from the heat, and allow it to cool to room temperature.
- Then transfer it to an airtight container and ENJOY!!
rebecca
I wouldn't have thought of drizzling this over fruit, but it's so delicious! can't wait to try it over veggies too
Pepper Bowl
Thank you rebecca!
Emily
We loved this I added it to a teriyaki stirfry and it was so good! I can't wait to try it out on French toast next!
Pepper Bowl
Amazing, Emily! So glad you enjoyed this recipe!
Anita
This is easy and delicious. BTW, your instruction in the recipe card for step 2 seems to be missing "adding the roasted red peppers to the bowl". It's there in the article, so you probably just miss it. 🙂
Pepper Bowl
Glad to hear it, Anita!
Claudia Lamascolo
We loved this in our tea its just the perfect flavors
Pepper Bowl
Enjoy, Claudia Lamascolo!
veenaazmanov
My first attempt to trying something unique at home. Love to have a bottle ready in my kitchen. This is so inviting.
Pepper Bowl
Yay! So happy to hear that, veenaazmanov!