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Chili Maple Wings

Hot Ones hot sauces makes a number of tremendously tasty hot sauces. They aren’t all over-the-top spicy, either. More, they concentrate on flavor over heat. I am addicted to their chili maple hot sauce. It has a low eat level. It’s a little sweet thanks to maple syrup, which also adds an amazing flavor. The spiciness comes from Fresno chilis. With just the right amount of vinegar, this sauce makes for tremendous chili maple wings!

Easiest Sauce Ever

While my wings are cooking up, I like to just mix a little hot sauce with butter. That’s it. It’s the world easiest wing sauce. With such a wide selection of hot sauces available, it’s the best way to make totally different-tasting wings every day of the week! These chili maple wings are a great example! I made mine the ‘mild way’ but all variations are great!

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5 from 1 vote

Chili Maple Wings

Double the sauce if you like your wings wet!

Prep Time15

Cook Time45

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: hot sauce, wings

Servings:

Calories: 2015kcal

Ingredients

3-4 pounds chicken wings flats and drumettes separated, tips saved to make stock

For a mild sauce

6 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons Hot Ones Chili Maple hot sauce

For a medium sauce

5 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 tablespoons Hot Ones Chili Maple hot sauce

For a hotter sauce

4 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 tablespoons Hot Ones Chili Maple hot sauce

Instructions

To make the sauce, combine the butter and hot sauce in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir until melted. Keep warm until ready to use.
Cook wings as desired. Click here for our guide on cooking wings in a grill, smoker, deep fryer, oven, air fryer or a Char-Broil Big Easy.
Toss wings in sauce. Click here for our guide on how to sauce your wings.

Notes

In general, the ratio of butter to hot sauce is as below. For example, if the ratio is 3:1 that means you use 3 parts of butter for every 1 part hot sauce.

For a mild sauce: 3:1

For a medium sauce: 2:1

For a hot sauce: 1:1

Nutrition

Nutritional values are approximate and will not include any store-bought wing sauce or seasoning nutritional values.

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Croix Valley Pineapple Habanero Wings

I checked. It’s actually legal in all 50 states to drink a wing sauce directly from the bottle. You’ll want to, too, when you get a taste of Croix Valley Pineapple Habanero Wings. The fine folks at Croix Valley way out-did themselves this time, and that’s saying a lot because they make a bunch of great sauces and seasonings. Slightly sweet, with a nice slow spicy burn, this sauce reminds me a bit of a Asian chili sauce, but fruit-based instead. It’s so good I put more sauce on the side for dipping my already-sauced wings.

Pineapple Sweetness with a Bit of Heat

Croix Valley Pineapple Habanero Wings sauce is delicious on a whole heck of a lot more than ‘just’ wings, too. Shrimp, grilled or deep-fried, are big winners when tossed in it. Chicken nuggets too! And the pineapple sweetness really shines on anything pork, specially grilled or smoked pork ribs. And yeah, it’s great straight out of the bottle too!

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Also try some Croix Valley tequila lime wings.

Check out my always-growing list of over 200 favorite store-bought wing sauces and seasonings!

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5 from 1 vote

Croix Valley Pineapple Habanero Wings

This is one fantastic sauce!

Prep Time1

Cook Time45

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American

Keyword: sweet heat, wings

Servings:

Calories: 730kcal