Spicy Food Reviews (and Recipes)

Taco Bell Has Two More New Menu Items Another week, and more new items lands on the Taco Bell menu.

Bottom Line: Mickey V’s I Love Taco Sauce delivers a superior taco sauce, and the Hot version definitely brings the burn.

Bottom Line: The Nashville Hot Chicken Crispers from Chili’s offer some sizeable chicken tenders with a good crunch, and they also deliver on the heat.

Bottom Line: The Diablo Ranch Crispy Chicken Crunchwrap Slider from Taco Bell may not be very big, but it does deliver on flavor and it brings some heat.

Bottom Line: The Chico-Ghost Sauce from Chile Lengua De Fuego is bold and intense, and it brings some heat.

Cup Noodles Offers Some Spooky Heat Popular instant noodles brand Cup Noodles is scaring up some heat this Halloween with a new addition to their lineup.

Bottom Line: While the Spicy Pepperoni from Subway seems to be on the slim side, it still delivers on taste and heat.

Bottom Line: The Hot Drops JalaPasilla Sauce delivers a simple yet bold green sauce with plenty of flavor and a bit of a kick.

Bottom Line: Hot Ones Cheesy Cheddar Pasta from Knorr delivers some pretty darn good instant mac and cheese that brings quite a kick.

Del Taco Kicks Up Its Queso This California-based chain is adding some heat to the menu with its new Flamin’ Hot Queso.

Bottom Line: The Texas Whopper Jr. from Burger King delivers a decent fast-food burger, but not much heat.

Bottom Line: The Tex-Mex Tenders from Golden Chick pair their always-good Spicy Golden Tenders with tasty queso, and that works out pretty well.

Bottom Line: The customized Double Jalapeño Double Cheeseburger from P.

BK Adds New Whopper Lineup Burger King is trying any of a number of promotions these days in order to move back up in the fast food rankings (they slipping to Number 8 based on 2025 sales rankings).

Bottom Line: Arriba!

Bottom Line: The Hot Honey Italian from Subway delivers a fresh and tasty deli sandwich, though it comes up a bit short on the heat.

A Fan Favorite Returns to the Golden Arches McDonald’s added Spicy Chicken Nuggets to its menu in 2020 as a limited time item, and those are now making a return trip to the drive thru.

Bottom Line: While the Chili’s Spicy Big Crispy Chicken Sandwich doesn’t bring much heat, it is a big and tasty sammy and a heck of a deal on their Three-for-Me special.

Bottom Line: Bloodroot Mountain North Country Cayenne Sauce delivers a well-rounded mix of tang, sweetness, and savory flavors along with a solid kick, making this one well worth adding to your hot sauce collection.

My latest snack roundup includes two limited-time selections along with one that has been around for a while.

Subway Returns to Swicy This national sandwich chain experimented with hot honey last year, and that proved quite popular.

Bottom Line: The Korean Sweet & Spicy Chicken Sandwich from BJ’s Brewhouse is big and messy, but it is quite good and delivers a bit of a bite.