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If you like Funky's Hot Sauce Factory Dark Star, try these 5.

A familiar kind of different: related flavors, nearby heat, and room for a new favorite.

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Funky's Hot Sauce Factory Dark Star

Extra hot

Reaper and ghost peppers meet cherry, molasses, black garlic and coffee in a sweet barbecue-style hot sauce.

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Ghost peppers, onion, garlic and ginger form a short ingredient list without added salt.

gingergarliconion

Similar documented flavor notes, with a similar heat range.

Flavor & heat
White Hot: 2 of 6 flavors scored. Heat: Extra hot (4/5). Sweet: Not established; Sour / tangy: 2/5; Smoky: Not established; Garlicky: 3/5; Fruity: Not established; Savory / umami: Not establishedHeatSweetSour /tangySmokyGarlickyFruitySavory /umami05

Ají limo and Trinidad Moruga peppers meet pineapple and lime in a slightly creamy, citrus-led sauce.

citruspineappleají limo

Less sweet, with a similar heat range.

Flavor & heat
Limo Hot: 4 of 6 flavors scored. Heat: Extra hot (4/5). Sweet: 3/5; Sour / tangy: 2/5; Smoky: Not established; Garlicky: 2/5; Fruity: 3/5; Savory / umami: Not establishedHeatSweetSour /tangySmokyGarlickyFruitySavory /umami05

7 Pot Primo, Scorpion and ghost peppers meet elderberry, sage, ginger and lime in an earthy blend.

elderberrysageginger

More sour / tangy, with a similar heat range.

Flavor & heat
Elder's Revenge: 5 of 6 flavors scored. Heat: Extra hot (4/5). Sweet: Not established; Sour / tangy: 3/5; Smoky: 2/5; Garlicky: 2/5; Fruity: 3/5; Savory / umami: 3/5HeatSweetSour /tangySmokyGarlickyFruitySavory /umami05

Coffee kombucha and fermented Fresno peppers meet currant, cherry and dates, with cocoa and cardamom at the finish.

coffeedark fruitcardamom

More fruity, with a gentler heat range.

Flavor & heat
Java Jam: 4 of 6 flavors scored. Heat: Hot (3/5). Sweet: 4/5; Sour / tangy: 2/5; Smoky: Not established; Garlicky: Not established; Fruity: 4/5; Savory / umami: 2/5HeatSweetSour /tangySmokyGarlickyFruitySavory /umami05

Habanero, cayenne and chipotle are reinforced with pepper extract, with garlic and lime in the recipe.

chipotlegarliclime

Less garlicky, with a similar heat range.

Flavor & heat
After Death Sauce: 3 of 6 flavors scored. Heat: Extra hot (4/5). Sweet: Not established; Sour / tangy: 2/5; Smoky: 2/5; Garlicky: 2/5; Fruity: Not established; Savory / umami: Not establishedHeatSweetSour /tangySmokyGarlickyFruitySavory /umami05

Based on shared flavor notes and heat, not a promise that two bottles taste identical. Your palate gets the final vote.

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