sweet heat
Candied fire sensation
Sweet heat describes the combination of sugary and spicy flavors, a popular profile in contemporary cooking where sweetness tempers the burn of chili peppers: These wings have that sweet heat thing going on, a sweet heat glaze.
The phrase appears on restaurant menus and food packaging to signal this particular flavor balance.
- spicyHaving strong heat
- chiliCapsicum pod or stew
- thai chiliSmall, intensely hot pepper
- honeyBees' viscous nectar product
- srirachaThai-style chili condiment
hot honey · cinnamon · glaze · pepper jelly · kick · tangy · caramel · brown sugar · jalapeño · burn · sugar · pepper · sauce · tingle · fiery · mango · habanero · ghost pepper
- rhyming pairscat hat, true blue, old gold, wild child, boy toy
- BBQ saucesoriginal, hickory, mesquite, honey BBQ, Kansas City
- spicinessmild, medium, hot, extra hot, spicy
- pickle flavorsdill, kosher dill, bread and butter, sour, half sour