The Habanero hot sauce is an icon amongst all the various types of hot sauces that are available in the market. Chili peppers are fruits of plants hailing from the Capsicum genre and Habanero happens to be the most spicy and hot pepper in this lineage. The habanero pepper is a small lantern, round or oblong shaped pepper with small creases and the colors range from green to bright orange when ripe. The habanero's size can vary from 1" - 2.5" in length and 1" - 2" in diameter and it is the hottest chile on the Scoville scale, with an intense flaming, flowery flavor.

The habanero pepper is believed to have originated in Cuba and the word Habanero means "From Havana". Cuba is also where the hottest of all Habanero peppers is from. This habanero is named the Red Savina Habanero, which has even made to the Guinness Book of World Records as the "world's hottest spice". The Habanero is local to the Caribbean, Cuba, Yucatan, Texas, California and north coast of South America.

The Habanero hot sauce, as the name suggests, is made from this legendary Habanero pepper and is famed to be the hottest sauce around.

The sizzling Habanero Hot Sauce with its trademark tangy, lemony-flavor and flowery fragrance is a popular accompaniment in cuisines all around the world. However, not all Habanero sauces are equally hot. The heat intensity depends on the type of Habanero pepper being used.

The Habanero pepper hot sauce is produced by varied manufacturers. For instance, Ashley Food Co. offers an unique Habanero flavored flaming Mad Cat hot sauce, while Dave Gourmet's Dave's Insanity hot sauce is a veritable raging hot sauce. With your tongue and the entire intestinal tract up in flames, you would realize what made Dave insane.

Amongst the Habanero pepper hot sauce, there are interesting variations like the Florida-based Hog's Ass Garlic Habanero pepper hot sauce. This is an inimitable blend of fresh vegetable juice, vinegar and garlic and has the entire state swooning over it.

Hot sauce manufacturers have come up many different kinds of Habanero sauces like the Habanero pepper hot sauce From Hell and befitting the name, this hot sauce releases hellish heat. Another hell raiser is the tomato-based Paw-Paws Snake Bite hot sauce or Idiot Boys Habanero Hot Sauce. This 2005 Scovie Award Winner proves its merit with a piquant taste that is sure to set off the fire alarms.

There are countless numbers of hot sauces doing the rounds but nothing quite matches the habanero variety in zing and definitely the intense heat that it can generate. No wonder, the Habanero Hot Sauce has been catapulted to a cult status among sauce lovers of the world.