BARRE, Vt. (WCAX) – A Vermont hot sauce is getting top billing on the YouTube show “Hot Ones.” This winter, actors, singers, and other celebrity guests are eating their wings and warming up with some heat from the Green Mountain State.
Butterfly Bakery of Vermont owner Claire Georges is showing off her newest creation, Hot House hot sauce, that’s making celebrities sweat on the current season of “Hot Ones.”
The Barre business first landed on the show in 2015 with their Smoked Onion Hot Sauce. “Ever since the “Hot Ones” run, it’s our most popular sauce,” Georges said. Then, in 2023, their 638,000 Scoville heat scale Taco Vibes sauce made the lineup. “Taco Vibes is an insanely hot number nine sauce made with reapers and ghost peppers and that one’s crazy.”
Reporter Cat Viglienzoni: Who’s been your favorite reaction to eating your hot sauce?
Claire Georges: That would be Pedro Pascal… He had Taco Vibes back on season 2024 and he was looking at it and he was like… And then he ate it.
Celebrities this season like Grammy winner Bad Bunny also sweated it out to Hot House. The five-pepper blend has more herbs and spices than their usual mixes, leading to a flavor Georges describes as “bold” and “complex.” “It’s shockingly versatile. I keep finding new things I can have it on,” she said.
Georges has been trying for years to get one of their products back on the show. “It was really exciting when we got the word that this was going to be part of the lineup,” she said. She says their large product line is the result of their ethos of experimentation and a lot of trials.
“We’re always making new things and it’s a lot of fun.”
Hot sauce lovers can find their Hot House online at the Heatonist. Then, after the current “Hot Ones” season in May, it will be available online at Butterfly Bakery.