Original Hot

Habanero, cane sugar and extra virgin olive oil in Dawson’s flagship hot sauce.

Sweet habaneroFloralGarlic

S5 #7

Hot Ones - Season 5 Sauce #7Featured on the show

Maker heat scale8/10

Hot

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PEPPERHabanero

FLAVORSweet habanero

BOTTLE155 mL

HOT ONESSeason 5 · #7

WHAT’S IN THE BURN?

Habanero with a sweeter edge.

Dawson’s Original Hot uses habanero peppers with cane sugar, extra virgin olive oil and garlic. The maker describes its profile as sweet and floral, and rates the sauce 8 out of 10 on its own heat meter. It held the seventh spot in the Season 5 Hot Ones lineup.

01Sweet habanero

02Floral

03Garlic

Flavor notes summarize the cited maker or lineup description.

FEATURED ON THE SHOW.

Hot Ones - Season 5 Sauce #7

In this season’s lineup, Dawson’s Hot Sauce Original Hot appeared at position 7 of 10.

Lineup order is a show placement, not a universal heat scale. This is one featured appearance, not an exhaustive appearance history.

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READ THE LABEL.

Ingredients.

Habanero, peppers, vinegar, sugars (cane sugar), extra virgin olive oil, garlic, sea salt.

Ingredients reflect the linked source as checked on October 6, 2026. Formulas can change; your bottle label is the final reference.

ANOTHER TAKE.

What tasters say.

“Nicely balanced rich flavors and vinegar helps cutting through, plenty of heat”

Stuart Guest, customer review on Dawson’s Hot Sauce

Flavor and heat can vary by palate and bottle.

A LITTLE MORE SAUCE KNOW-HOW.

Good questions.

What makes the recipe stand out?

Cane sugar and extra virgin olive oil support its habanero base. Dawson’s describes the sauce with sweet and floral flavor notes.

Which Hot Ones lineup featured it?

Dawson’s Hot Sauce Original Hot was featured on Hot Ones - Season 5 Sauce #7. This profile highlights that appearance rather than listing every season.