The Chilli Pepper Company - Spices

The Chilli Pepper Company is known as one of the main players of the chilli business in the UK and rightly so, especially when producing amazing chilli seeds and chilli sauces such as 10 Minute Burn Hot Sauce, Be Damned Hot Sauce and Naga Viper Hot Sauce. Its wonderful chilli chocolate as well as chilli fudge are also some of our bestsellers here at the Devil’s Garden.

But The Chilli Pepper Company is also respected for its constant desire to bring all kinds of spices to the general public like the award winning Flaming Peppercorns or The Chilli Pepper Company Chipotle flakes that are of the highest quality and definitely worth getting for the heat level as well as the flavour!

The Chilli Pepper Company has introduced wonderful spices to the chilli market such as the intriguing Kirmizi Biber, Berbere and Indonesian 7 Seas spice. Each of these blends has a specific flavour and heat level that delights the senses and makes you feel like you are on holiday somewhere exotic.

The world would be a very bland place without The Chilli Pepper Company’s spices so why not get a packet of Flaming Peppercorns, sprinkle some Chilli Pepper Pete's Chipotle Flakes on your pizza or add a pinch of Kirmizi Biber to your Lamb Tajine? Once you go for The Chilli Pepper Company you never go back!

REVIEW - Hot Headz Chilli Chips

We had heard on the grapevine that Hot Headz was soon to release some own-brand chilli crisps which got us all hot and bothered. We eagerly awaited the arrival of these chilli crisps and soon discovered it was definitely well worth the wait.

From the moment the postman landed the package on our hands it felt as if this was going to be something really special. The first thing that hit us when we opened the box was the size of the chilli crisps’ packets. With 142g these packets are big enough to pass around at dinner parties or at the office but trust us you’ll soon want to hide them from view although the packaging will make that very difficult.

Indeed, with a striking glossy appearance you can tell that Hot Headz spent a lot of time and effort presenting their own brand of chilli crisps in a way that would make them remembered. And that they do thanks to the well known and respected Hot Headz Logo imprinted on the front of the packet, the cool lime green of the Chipotle Mustard Chilli Chips and the fiery red burning its way across the front of the Inferno Habanero Chips.

We first tried the Hot Headz Chipotle Mustard Chilli Chips so as to really taste the flavour before compromising our tastebuds with the habanero ones. Reminiscent of Hot Headz’ bestselling Chipotle Mustard the flavour is just out of this world. Not as striking or pungent as a Dijon Mustard would be this is just like licking a spoon that has just been dipped in good quality English Mustard on your tongue before being hit by a wave of smokiness from the beloved chipotle. The heat is subtle but so pleasurable it defies logic. This is a little gem created by Hot Headz and one we didn’t think could be matched. How wrong we were.

Hot Headz Inferno Habanero Chips was approached with a more blasé attitude. Yes, our experience as chilli tasters might make us a bit more unfazed when it comes to more common habanero based products but we were soon put back in our places by these chilli crisps. Just like the Hot Headz Chipotle Mustard Chips the texture of these crisps is worthy of the best homemade brands out there. The crisps are chunky, large and most of all deliciously crunchy down to the last morsel. The great thing is that from the start you get a chance to taste the great taste of the habanero chilli pepper which spreads all around your mouth before the heat kicks in. And kicking it does. Just when you think you are on safe grounds the heat gets bigger and bigger... and bigger until you are left with an excruciating Sophie’s choice on your hands: to carry on and get burned or to be rational and leave them be knowing full well you won’t be able to wait long until the next fix? Well... which option did you think we choose every time?

So... Hot Headz have done it again. With numerous own-brand chilli condiments, chilli snacks and hot sauces that would make anybody green with envy Hot Headz’ chilli crisps are not just newcomers. We can see them lasting a long long time and God do we hope Hot Headz will soon come up with new amazing flavours of incredibly well crafted chilli crisps!

Bad Byron's Butt Rub and Jubilee Seasoning

Bad Byron’s is more than famous in America. It is truly a staple ingredient in everybody’s kitchen. We might be located far away from there but Bad Byron’s Butt Rub and Bad Byron’s Jubilee Seafood Seasoning are truly the yin to our yang, the Ken to our Barbie, the Mac to our Cheese.

The Bad Byron’s brand has been going for over 16 years now, no mean feat for what was just a homemade seasoning once, albeit from a guy with a culinary degree. Bad Byron’s Butt Rub is a favourite amongst barbecue lovers but can be used in many different ways from grilling to marinating, steaming and broiling. It is even great as an added “je ne sais quoi” in a fresh Bloody Mary! Bad Byron’s Jubilee Seasoning is just as good but very different and somewhat more subtle which suits the more delicate flavours of fish and seafood.

What we love about Bad Byron’s Butt Rub and Bad Byron’s Jubilee Seasoning is that first, they never go out of fashion and can be used all year round and second, they are versatile and good to use at any point of cooking, whether you are going into full marinating mode or simply want to add a sprinkle on your food at the last minute.

Winner of many awards Bad Byron’s Butt Rub and Bad Byron’s Jubilee Seasoning should become as needed to you as salt and pepper, chips and malt vinegar, bacon and brown sauce.

Dartmoor Chilli Farm Hot Sauces

Dartmoor Chilli Farm can be found on the outskirts of Dartmoor National Park, a beautiful and picturesque location in Devon, South England. Solar Panels, Wind Turbines, Rain Water and Compost make Dartmoor Chilli Farm’s carbon footprint minimal. With the addition of bio-degradable packaging, a woodburner to keep young seedlings toasty, and biological controls to encourage natures friendly’s like the ladybird and hoverfly in to the polytunnels. All these environmentally protective methods add up to some very tasty products that include only organic ingredients that have been grown without the use of any chemicals including pesticides, fungicides or herbicides.

At The Devil’s Garden we stock a large range of chilli hot sauces from the Dartmoor Chilli Farm. It is one of our most popular ranges and, once you’ve tasted their hot sauces, you’ll know why!

Beast of Dartmoor

Dynamite Hot Sauce

Hickory Smoked Chipotle Sauce

Hot Fire & Lime Sauce

Sweet Chilli Sauce

All these hot sauces and many more can be found in The Devil’s Garden.

Grim Reaper Foods - Trio of Chocolate

Grim Reaper Foods has done it again. After bringing us the award-winning “Evil One” hot sauce as well as the innovative “Jekyl & Hyde” chilli sauce, a fantastic trio of chilli chocolate has been released for the pain and pleasure of our most chilli mad chocoholics customers at the Devil’s Garden.

It is not hard to see why the Grim Reaper Foods trio of chilli chocolate is fast becoming a bestseller everywhere as each of the chilli chocolate has its own particular flavour and spice level. The white chilli chocolate named “Purgatory” is just out of this world with is intense heat and interesting flavour thanks to a hint of bergamot oil swirled in it.

Grim Reaper Foods Hell Raise milk chilli chocolate is a wonderful experience of just enough spice peaking through the creaminess of the quality milk chocolate while Grim Ripper Foods Black Widow dark chilli chocolate takes you to a mysterious place where only a hint of orange essence will remind you of a world you once lived in.

Grim Reaper Foods is only just starting so we cannot wait to see what else it has in store in the coming months but in view of its trio of chilli chocolates, boy are we all in for a treat!

Chilli Pepper Pete Chilli Pastes

Chilli Pepper Pete has a knack of choosing names that will stay in people's minds which is definitely the case for his chilli pastes, especially Satan's Shit and Hotter than Hell. And spicy they are! With the beloved but feared Naga chilli pepper at the forefront, these chilli pastes burn, scorch, punch, bite and generally speaking form a small hurricane of heat but also flavour at each mouthful. And by that we mean that you should only put a small amount in your food although some advanced chilli lovers do consume them by the spoonful... those who have a living will of course!

Not as hot as Chilli Pepper Pete's Satan's Shit or Hotter than Hell, Chilli Pepper Pete's Just Scotch Bonnets and Harrisa still hold their own in the heat stake. Still much spicier than what you would find in supermarkets, Chilli Pepper Pete's Harrisa and Just Scotch Bonnets are designed to make you sweat... but also salivate thanks to their wonderful flavour, the former being made with the gorgeous cayenne chilli pepper while the latter contains well... you've guessed it, scotch bonnets!

Chilli Pepper Pete's chilli pastes are just what a good chilli paste should be: hot and tasty but most of all they have got Chilli Pepper Pete's stamp of approval (and ours!), so what more could you want?

The Story Goes On.....

The Devil's Garden might have gone a bit off radar in the past few weeks but that's only because our team has been working very hard night and day, 24/7, trying out new wonderful chilli products just for you.

Yes our efforts might one day be recognised and our hard lives as chilli tasters ought to ease up a bit as we climb higher and higher into chilli nirvana but for now though, our feet firmly on the ground, our tastebuds always at the ready and our stomachs craving their hourly chilli fix, no hot sauce, chilli jam or jelly, chilli chutney, chilli snack, chilli chocolate or chilli condiment have gone unnoticed and it is with panting tongues, scorched mouths and chilli sensory overload that we have been able to sift through what the market currently has to offer, the good and the bad, the tasty and the unworthy, the gorgeous and the unmentionable.

With all that build up you would think we would reveal at least one or two brand names to give you a hint of what we've been trying out lately but no, our cruelty knows no bounds it seems, but do not fret fellow chilli heads as we believe that good things always come to those who wait...