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Best Hot Sauce For Tacos
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Chris Whitehair
- Last Updated: December 19, 2025
Tacos with Hot Sauce = Love
Talk about a powerhouse to start, and not only that, an absolute scorcher! This taco sauce from Butterfly Bakery comes with a stinger. It landed the #9 spot on Hot Ones during Season 20, and the Reaper pepper continues to get hotter and hotter. We recommend that if you use this sauce and have multiple at your table, use this one last!
You’ll be screaming with joy with the flavor (and heat!) Ghost Scream will bring you to your next taco night. Bold and smoky, it’s tough to argue the inclusion of this one for this list, it was the World Champion hot sauce at the 2016 NYC Hot Sauce Expo. The perfect amount of heat, you’ll feel it, but it won’t take you over the edge.
Ghost of Saffron is one of those “Buy three bottles of” hot sauces. Buy three, and then you’ll be buying another three not long after. I guarantee you’ll never have a taco again without this one once you’ve tried it. So many flavors come through in addition to the saffron in this one – the tomato, avocado oil, toasted cumin – and of course the ghost peppers—a legit 10 out of 10 rating hot sauce.
Oh hi! Ghost of Saffron again…but this time with more heat! We love High Desert’s hotter version just as much as their original. Whenever you’re feeling the need for more heat – 10x more ghost pepper type of heat – this one is for you.
This one may seem like the outlier of all the hot sauces that are on this list, but trust me, this is your go-to for fish tacos without question. If you’re looking for a tropical Island twist rather than traditional Mexican, this curry, peach, mustard-based hot sauce brings it. Thick and tangy with just enough bite.
We look forward to Taco Tuesday every week but if you can’t wait to get your taco fix on, It’s Tuesday Somewhere gives you an excuse to break out into a Mexican fiesta any time. Heirloom tomatoes combined with jalapeno and fresh lime make this an obvious choice, but no one does hot sauce quite like Karma Sauce and this one is both a Golden Chile and Fiery Food Challenge Winner.
“Caliente” is right thanks to the Bird’s Eye Chili which you don’t see in a lot of craft hot sauces. While we also love PepperNutz’s milder version of Taco Templado, Taco Caliente just lights up your mouth with what you think a taco hot sauce should be – traditional taco spices with the perfect blend of vinegar and salt to accompany it.
What Are the Best Hot Sauce For Tacos?:
Our Conclusion
Traditional. Unique. Hot.
I hope my list inspires you to try something new on your next Taco Tuesday.
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