Spicy Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

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This Spicy Buffalo Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce is the perfect accompaniment to your favorite foods. It is perfect for dips, spreads or glazes it is so wonderfully spicy and packs real flavor.  It will quickly become your favorite condiment. 

Spicy Mustard Dipping sauce.

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Spicy Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce is also known as Sassy Mustard.  It’s the perfect combination of mustard, honey and hot sauce into the perfect dipping sauce. 

It’s the perfect semi homemade sauce for wings or as a honey mustard pretzel dip.  Perfect for your football parties but it is so much more! It is that wonderful flavor that enhances so many dishes from simple pretzels to salmon. Looking for more sauces and dips? Check out this link for more.


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What We Love About This Homemade Spicy Honey Mustard Sauce Recipe

Making this delicious sauce recipe from scratch means that you can make this homemade honey mustard any way your family will like it.  You can even use your favorite type of mustard – yellow mustard, grain mustard, or classic honey mustard (as we did). You can even make several different versions for a party. Find out who invented this sweet and tangy combination.

  • Only Minutes: Make this hot honey mustard dip in minutes with simple pantry staples.
  • Easy Ingredients: Only three simple ingredients that you already have.
  • Family Friendly: It brings so much flavor to all your favorite things you enjoy mustard on from veggies, french fries, onion rings or even as a marinade for your favorite protein – such as chicken bites with honey mustard.
  • Adaptable: Can make this honey mustard sauce to meet your taste. It can be sweeter, spicier or milder.
A jar of spicy mustard dipping sauce.

Ingredient Notes for Hot Honey Mustard

  • Honey Mustard Salad Dressing: Make your own or buy your favorite grocery store.
  • Buffalo Chicken Sauce: Try making it or use your favorite bottle version.
  • Barbecue Sauce: Spicy or sweet sauce, cayenne pepper can add a kick of heat.
Ingredients for the sauce. Barbeque, Honey and mustard and seasonings.

Variations and Substitutions

  • Different Mustard – Dijon mustard, French mustard or English mustard. Spicy mustard has brown mustard seed and yellow mustard may not be best for this recipe.
  • Vinegar – Add a little tang with some vinegar. Use your favorite, like white wine vinegar, rice wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar.
  • Top- Great on top of a hot dog, sandwiches, chicken nuggets or shrimp or as a sandwich spread.

How to Make Hot Honey Mustard

These are the basic steps for making honey mustard sauce. Please refer to the recipe card below for more detailed instructions.

STEP 1: COMBINE

First, whisk all ingredients in a medium bowl and stir to combine for the perfect consistency. Store in an airtight container until you are ready to serve.

Prep and Storage Tips for Spicy Buffalo Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE AHEAD OF TIME

Make whenever you have time and then place in an airtight container with a lid.

HOW TO STORE THIS RECIPE

Store in the fridge for up to three weeks in an airtight container.

HOW TO FREEZE THIS RECIPE

While you could freeze this honey mustard sauce, it is best when fresh and may separate changing the texture and not have the right balance of flavor or consistency.

HOW TO REHEAT THIS RECIPE

You can warm this sauce on the stove top or in the microwave to serve on top of your favorite foods.

Frequently Asked Questions

HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE HEALTHIER?

A low fat or fat free dressing can be used in this recipe. Also, try using low sodium or sugar free versions if you require. Low salt versions are great too.

CAN I SUBSTITUTE DIFFERENT FLAVORS?

Make the sauce more complex by adding a zing from a teaspoon or two of sriracha, paprika, ginger or lemon juice.

CAN THIS RECIPE BE DOUBLED OR HALVED?

Make a big batch for a party or a half batch for a small family.

MARINADE?

Wonderful on top of honey-dijon chicken or fish.

Chicken smothered in the spicy honey mustard dipping sauce.

Expert Tips for Making This Honey Mustard Sauce Recipe

  • Spices: Garlic powder, onion powder or your favorite spices.
  • Add More Honey: Drizzle in a little more honey for a sweeter flavor for glazes etc.
  • Short cut tip: Feel free to add as many tips as you need in this section
  • Dietary consideration tip: Low fat or low sugar versions are wonderful in this recipe.

What to Serve with Spicy Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

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Spicy Mustard Dipping sauce.
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Spicy Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

Yield: 8 servings
Prep: 5 minutes
Total: 5 minutes
This Spicy Buffalo Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce is the perfect accompaniment to your favorite foods. It is perfect for dips, spreads or glazes it is so wonderfully spicy and packs real flavor.
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup honey mustard salad dressing
  • ¼ cup Buffalo Chicken Sauce, I use my own but your favorite bottled sauce would work too
  • 1 tablespoon barbecue sauce

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients in a bowl and stir to combine.
  • Serve with your favorite dippers.

Expert Tips

  • Spices: Garlic powder, onion powder or your favorite spices.
  • Add More Honey: Drizzle in a little more honey for a sweeter flavor for glazes etc.
  • Short cut tip: Feel free to add as many tips as you need in this section
  • Dietary consideration tip: Low fat or low sugar versions are wonderful in this recipe.
 

Estimated Nutritional Information

Calories: 66kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 0.02g | Fat: 0.01g | Saturated Fat: 0.001g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.003g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.001g | Sodium: 408mg | Potassium: 5mg | Fiber: 0.02g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 5IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 0.01mg
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Course: Sauces, Seasonings, Dressings
Cuisine: American

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  1. 5 stars
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