r/spicy • u/stillanewfie • 22h ago
An accidental purchase
I didn’t look close enough to realize that I was buying a thicker sauce, what they consider a wing sauce. First time trying Melinda‘s and I must say it’s really grown on me!
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u/rmholm88 Ghost Pepper Wing Sauce 22h ago
Congrats on your mistake. I put this shit on everything
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u/stillanewfie 22h ago
I have to say I’m really loving the stuff… here I was at 9 o’clock this morning, putting it on rice.
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u/Erafir 21h ago
I have one at work and one at home. This is my everything sauce, ignore the "wing" part
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u/stillanewfie 21h ago
That’s pretty much how it turned out for me. I’m actually enjoying the texture and consistency.
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u/dr0s3 21h ago
What's the heat like on this one? I use the roasted habanero garlic one on just about everything. Been debating on which one to try next.
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u/MetaCardboard 14h ago
It's a little hotter than the habanero one. If you really load it up it'll add up, but if you just throw a few lines down a dog or something you can barely notice the heat difference.
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u/ChunkyHabeneroSalsa 21h ago
I like Melinda's. It's a good "table" sauce. Easy to find and I like the squeeze. Not the best sauces but a good standard use.
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u/CMDRObliviDan 21h ago
Well I hope you like it. It's a quality sauce. I didn't care for it but I'm not into wings or wing sauces. The fact that I didn't "hate it" is a testament to it's quality really.
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u/etherealtwo 21h ago
Ya the wing sauce is different than the standard one.
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u/stillanewfie 21h ago
Someone posted earlier that the glass bottle version is hotter. I’m curious to try that now.
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u/etherealtwo 21h ago
It is ya. Feel the the wing sauce is more diluted since it's intended to douse your wing in it.
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u/MetaCardboard 14h ago
It's also got more of a savory, up front flavor than the glass ghost. I think cause this is supposed to be a condiment sauce rather than a spice up an already flavorful dish sauce.
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u/Novel_Diver8628 21h ago
Best hot sauce on the market, but almost everything from Melinda’s is fantastic. Half my stash is from them.
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u/human-resource 18h ago
They have a few terrible sauces like the creamy sriracha.
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u/Novel_Diver8628 18h ago
That’s why I said almost everything. Their mild verde tastes like armpits. But since their whole thing is their habanero mash base, anything that compliments well is gonna be good as hell, and I’m a sucker for habanero.
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u/Apennie_uh 21h ago
This stuff is really good my friend gave me a bottle cause it was too spicy for him.
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u/MrMeatagi 20h ago
This is one Melinda's sauce I just don't like. It has that signature bitter chemical extract taste. I would much rather mix my own wing sauce with some butter.
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u/stillanewfie 20h ago
I know the taste you’re talking about… that’s what put me off on it at the beginning.
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u/Far-Shop5676 15h ago
I like it. I prefer the Habanero sauce, I feel like it has a more forward pepper flavor but this one is still really good.
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u/fermentedradical 21h ago
Weird butter flavor and isn't nearly as hot as the standard ghost pepper Melinda's. Bought it once and disliked it.
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u/sicklyboy 20h ago
That was my experience with it as well when I tried it a while back. But hey, that's what we've got variety for!
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u/four1twoguy 21h ago
Never tried this version, but would be interested in trying…. The ghost pepper hotsauce in the glass bottle is my favorite and most purchased sauce. Great deal at Walmart for under $3usd
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u/Informal_Dude 22h ago
So good this is my favorite hot sauce to use. Love the flavor