What is hot honey, and how do you use it?

Want to try the trend yourself? Be inspired by our favourite hot honey recipes.

“If there’s a toast combination I could eat on repeat, it’s this one,” says Emily English, AKA @emthenutritionist. Her recipe for hot honey, avocado and cottage cheese toasts reached millions of people when it was shared on Instagram, proving this easy method for infusing honey with chilli flakes and drizzling over creamy cottage cheese is a winner every time.

Our smokin’ hot honey marinade is a little jar packed with big, sweet-and-spicy flavours. Marinade chicken thighs, cook them low and slow, and pile on top of ready-made frozen French fries with cheese and smoky paprika butter in this epic Friday night sharing feast.

Tom Kerridge’s easy sticky chicken wings are sure to become your new family fave. Chicken wings are great value, too, making this a brilliant choice for a family dinner that still packs a proper flavour punch.

This easy veggie recipe is made with just four ingredients and tastes incredible. Halloumi is fried with our smokin’ hot honey marinade until it’s seriously sticky and golden, then piled into Greek-style flatbreads with crunchy salad.

This summery fruit salad hits all the right spicy, sweet notes. The hot honey dressing is infused with lime juice and fresh mint, ready to be drizzled over fresh pineapple. Allow the pineapple to sit in the dressing for a couple of hours, if you can, to let the flavours mingle.

The only thing that can make a spicy marg even better? Adding hot honey and serving with a bowl of hot honey-roasted nuts and seeds – that’s what.