I am writing this review just about an hour after receiving Chef D Rocks Sweet Chile Original Hot Sauce. This is my first “official” review for HSB and my first foray into the sweet sauce realm.

The first thing I take notice is the packaging. It is your standard 5oz bottle with pleasant graphics and all the standard nutritional information. No fancy gimmick here. I grabbed a plate, some breadsticks and some cheese. Cracked open the bottle and took a deep breathe in. The aroma was very fresh and it did indeed smell sweet. A smell that reminded me of sweet barbeque sauce. In fact if this came in a bigger bottle it could always double up as one.

The ingredients are pretty straight forward. This is a jalapeno and tomato based sauce with an array of herbs, honey, lime juice and no preservatives.

I started the pour on the plate to see the consistency. It poured nice and slow and had a very dark reddish brown tinge to it and the great aroma flowed out with the sauce. I tried it on the breadstick first and the sweetness was immediately apparent. It was followed up with just a slight kick of heat that livened up the tongue. My fiance tried it with some cheese (havarti) and quickly scooped out what I had poured out. I knew this sauce was a winner.

We were making some breaded halibut with peas and rice and this was a perfect compliment to the meal. It went so well with the fish that I really didn’t ever need tartar sauce. I then grabbed the bottle again and mixed it in with the peas and rice. After I few minutes I did notice a slight bite of heat was there but I think even a novice should have no fear when looking at Chef D Rocks Sweet Chile Original Hot sauce.

So this being my first Sweet Hot sauce I don’t what to compare it with. But I believe if this is a benchmark sauce it should be a staple in the fridge. I can see so many different dishes this would compliment. Chef D Rocks Sweet Chile lives up to its name. It has all the hallmarks required to be a great sauce. Enjoy!

Packaging 7/10
Aroma 8/10
Appearance 8/10
Taste 8.5/10
Heat 4/10

Overall 8/10

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Unless you work as a designer, a printer or have gone through the process of creating a catalog there’s no way you can understand how painfully long and drawn out the process can take. Months, weeks and thankfully not years.

When we released the new SNS site back in June, we had a mere 1,000 catalogs to mail out. A mere 1,000? Those lasted about a month and then we went back to the drawing board. I wasn’t happy with the first run & wanted a catalog that represented as many products as possible and stood out among the few hot sauce catalogs already out there.

So guess what? We’re finally done! Weeks of design, copywriting, proofing and press have finally come to an end and the catalogs are mailing out as we speak. It may take some time to process all 3,000+ requests, but we’ll get it done with a little bit of blood, sweat and tears.

Proofing the final press sheets took quite a longtime, having to check out each color and line and make sure everything was just right. But the final product was well worth all the work.

If you haven’t already requested a catalog, I would suggest you do so soon - these 5,000 are already 3/4 spoken for…