Hot Star Honey Chipotle Chilli

Produced in Norfolk by Hot Star Honey, Chipotle Chilli Honey combines British honey with the distinctive smoky warmth of chipotle chillies to create a wonderfully versatile hot honey that's sweet, smoky and gently spicy.

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The sweetness of the honey comes through first, followed by the deeper, slightly earthy smokiness of chipotle and a chilli warmth that gradually builds. Rather than heat simply for the sake of it, this is about balance – enough chilli to make itself known while still allowing the flavour and natural sweetness of the honey to shine through.

Drizzle it over pizza, pair it with cheese, brush it onto barbecue meats or use it to transform roasted vegetables. Once you start experimenting with hot honey, you'll find an extraordinary number of reasons to reach for the bottle.

What is Chipotle Chilli Honey?

Chipotle chillies are smoked and dried jalapeño peppers, prized as much for their distinctive smoky flavour as for their heat.

Combining chipotle with honey creates that increasingly popular contrast of sweet and spicy, but with an additional layer of smoke that makes Chipotle Chilli Honey particularly useful with grilled, roasted and barbecued foods.

What does Chipotle Chilli Honey taste like?

Expect sweet honey followed by smoky chilli and a gently building warmth.

Unlike chilli sauces where heat can dominate everything else, a good hot honey relies on balance. The honey provides sweetness and a rich, sticky texture, while the chipotle contributes warmth, earthiness and its characteristic smoky flavour.

The result works equally well as a condiment, finishing drizzle or ingredient.

What can you use Chipotle Chilli Honey with?

Hot honey is remarkably versatile and can be used anywhere a combination of sweetness, chilli and smoke would bring something extra.

Try it with:

• Pizza – drizzle over just before serving for that classic sweet-and-spicy combination
• Cheese and cheeseboards – particularly good with blue cheese, goat's cheese and mature hard cheeses
• BBQ meats – brush onto chicken, pork or ribs as a sweet and smoky glaze
• Roasted vegetables – excellent with carrots, squash, sweet potato and cauliflower
• Fried chicken – drizzle generously for a combination of sweetness, spice and crunch
• Halloumi – sweet chilli honey makes a brilliant contrast to salty grilled cheese
• Burgers – add a drizzle to beef, chicken or vegetable burgers
• Sandwiches and toasties – particularly useful with cheese
• Cocktails – experiment with it anywhere a drink calls for sweetness with a little chilli warmth

You can drizzle it straight from the bottle or use it as the starting point for glazes, marinades and dressings.

Is hot honey good with cheese?

Absolutely – and this is one of our favourite ways to use it.

Honey has long been served alongside cheese, but adding chilli and the smokiness of chipotle makes the combination even more interesting. The sweetness contrasts beautifully with salty cheeses, while the chilli cuts through richer styles.

Try Chipotle Chilli Honey with blue cheese, a creamy goat's cheese, mature Cheddar or grilled halloumi. It's also an easy way to add something a little different to a cheeseboard.

Why put hot honey on pizza?

Sweet and spicy flavours are natural partners, which helps explain why hot honey on pizza has become such a popular combination.

A drizzle over a freshly cooked pizza adds sweetness before the chilli warmth develops, while chipotle brings an additional smoky dimension. Try it with pepperoni and other cured meats, a cheese-heavy pizza or even something as simple as mozzarella and tomato.

Just drizzle it over after cooking and let the heat of the pizza loosen the honey.

Made in Norfolk with British honey

Produced in Norfolk by Hot Star Honey, this isn't simply honey with the volume turned up.

The combination of British honey and smoky chipotle chilli creates a condiment that can move effortlessly between cheeseboard and barbecue, pizza and roasted vegetables, sweet and savoury.

It's exactly the sort of bottle that encourages experimentation – and one you may quickly discover doesn't spend very long sitting in the cupboard.

Why we like Hot Star Honey Chipotle Chilli Honey

• Produced in Norfolk
• Made using British honey
• Sweet, smoky and gently spicy
• Made with distinctive chipotle chilli
• Use as a drizzle, glaze, marinade or dip
• Brilliant with pizza and fried chicken
• Excellent with cheese and cheeseboards
• Perfect for BBQ meats and roasted vegetables
• Can even be used to add sweetness and chilli to cocktails

British honey, smoky chipotle and a gently building chilli warmth – hot honey made in Norfolk and made for drizzling on almost everything.