Spicy Honey Candy

If You Can’t Stand the Heat

Truman said the rest, but here is the secret: you can stand this heat. Hot honey took over restaurant menus because sweet and spice make each other louder, and this candy borrows the idea at a friendlier volume. It is built on habanero, a pepper with more going on than fire. Habanero is fruity before anything else, almost tropical, which is why it belongs next to honey instead of fighting it.

We put the pepper in twice. All natural habanero extract carries the fruit-forward flavor, and habanero powder adds a soft, warming spice behind it. Each drop starts with honey, the fruit shows itself, and the spice hums through the finish. Warm, not hot: this is habanero for people who like flavor more than pain.

Each hexagon-window box holds 3.5 ounces of drops made without corn syrup and without gluten. The box is sustainably made paper you can recycle or compost, and the inner bag is recyclable food-grade plastic.

What Makes Our Spicy Honey Candy Special?

• Habanero two ways: All natural habanero extract for the pepper’s fruity character, habanero powder for a true, gentle warmth. Real pepper, mild manners.
• Sweet first, then the spice: The flavor arrives in order. Honey opens soft, the fruit shows itself, and a mellow warmth rounds out the finish.
• The hot honey idea, portable: The sweet-heat pairing that took over pizza and fried chicken, in a drop that rides in a coat pocket.
• Gluten-free and corn-syrup-free: Made without gluten or corn syrup. Produced in a facility that handles peanuts and tree nuts.
• Thoughtful packaging: A sustainably made paper box with a honeycomb window, recyclable or home-compostable when clean and dry.

Add a little warmth to the candy dish.

How to use: Enjoy them right out of the box. Serve two drops on a small dish beside a smoked old fashioned; the sweet heat picks up where the smoke leaves off. End Taco Tuesday with a dish of hot honey drops; dessert that keeps the theme. Serve with your cheese charcuterie board. Store in a cool, dry place away from sun and humidity.