It’s that time of year again so here are my thoughts on Aldi’s hot sauce advent calendar. Keep in mind that I am not much of a hot sauce person and don’t have much of a tolerance. The bottles that the sauce came in are not full size and about as big as the mini Tabasco sauces.

1. Sriracha hot sauce – I found this to have too much of a vinegar taste, not being very thick, and while it was hot, it was bearable. 1/5 stars
2. Jalapeño hot sauce – This sauce tasted like banana peppers and was initially spicy but was over quickly. 4/5 stars
3. Green hot sauce – It tasted similar to the jalapeño but wasn’t as tasty. 3/5 stars
4. Mango Habanero hot sauce – I thought this sauce was hotter than the others and I didn’t quite like the taste. 2/5 stars
5. Smoked Chipotle hot sauce – The name describes the way the sauce tasted. 2/5 stars
6. Yellow hot sauce – What even is this? This was too hot I couldn’t really discern the taste. 1/5 stars
7. Chocolate Chipotle hot sauce – GROSS. 1/2 star
8. Garlic hot sauce – This had quite the garlic flavor. 2/5 stars
9. Cajun hot sauce – Nope. 1/5 stars
10. Extreme hot sauce – There is no taste, just REALLY HOT. 1/5 stars
11. Sweet Chipotle hot sauce – I found this sauce to have a mesquite-type of flavor and it was spicy. 3/5 stars
12. Red hot sauce – There was almost no taste and was really spicy then cools down. 2/5 stars
13. Sweet Habanero hot sauce – This tastes almost exactly like the red hot sauce. 2/5 stars
14. Chipotle hot sauce – This sauce tastes exactly like sweet chipotle but a hint sweeter. 3/5 stars
15. Smoked Garlic hot sauce – I didn’t think this was spicy or hot but it did have a good flavor. 4/5 stars
16. Red Pepper hot sauce – This was immediately spicy and didn’t have a very great flavor. 2/5 stars
17. Garlic Herb hot sauce – It was really salty and didn’t have much of a garlic taste. 2/5 stars
18. Ghost Pepper hot sauce – Absolutely not. 1/5 stars
19. Green Pepper hot sauce – Not bad. 3/5 stars
20. Habanero hot sauce – It tastes just like the other habanero hot sauce. 2/5 stars
21. Thai Sweet Chili hot sauce – This was too hot with not enough flavor. 1/5 stars
22. Whiskey Habanero hot sauce – This one also tastes just like the other habanero sauces. 1/5 stars
23. Smokey Bourbon hot sauce – It smelled smokey but that didn’t transfer to the flavor. 1/5 stars
24. Smoked Jalapeño hot sauce – I found that this tasted just like bell peppers. 3/5 stars
25. Red Chili hot sauce – This was really hot and had no real flavor. 1/5 stars

This review is just my opinion, you may end up liking what I didn’t. This might be helpful to others like me who are curious but don’t necessarily like hot sauce.