Auckland · since 2021
New Zealand’s
original hot honey
Chilli-infused, honey-based, no added sugar. Drizzle it on everything and see what happens.
- 120+
- Stores nationwide
- 4.9★
- From 340 reviews
- 0g
- Added sugar
New Zealand’s
The scale
How much heat
can you handle?
The same scale that’s printed on the bottle. Slide it and we’ll find yours.
The perfect Sweet Sting
Sweet Sting Hot Honey
The one that started it all, and still the one we'd take to a desert island. Coromandel and Marlborough honey, Northland and Auckland chilli, apple cider vinegar. Drizzle, dunk, dip or baste. Every recipe on this site is built on it.
$11.95330g
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Sweet ideas
Start with what
you’re cooking
45 recipes sorted by what’s on the bench — seafood, cheese, cocktails, vegetables, meats. Every one built on the original Hot Honey.
Haloumi
Hot Honey Haloumi Tacos
Squeaky, salty haloumi hit with hot honey the second it leaves the pan, so it glazes rather than slides off.
Chicken
Hot Honey Chicken Schnitzel Sandwich
Crunchy schnitzel, quick pickled onion and a hard drizzle of hot honey that soaks halfway into the crumb. The one people make twice in a week.
Camembert
Baked Camembert with Hot Honey
Twenty-five minutes, four ingredients, and the single most reliable way to convert someone who thinks they don't like chilli.
Pick any three
Build your
own pack
Any three bottles, 15% off. Add a fourth and shipping is on us. Makes a very good gift and an even better cupboard.
Subscribe & save
Never run out
again
A bottle lasts about three weeks in most houses, and rather less in the enthusiastic ones. Three at a time, on repeat.
- 15% off every delivery, for as long as you stay
- Free shipping on every subscription order
- Mix and match any three bottles across the range
- Swap flavours, skip a delivery or cancel any time
Any 3 bottles · 330g each
$29.32$34.50per delivery, every 4 weeks
Free shipping, every time.
Roughly $381 a year at this frequency. Pick any three — pause, skip or cancel from your account, no phone call required.
You’ve probably already met us
On the shelf at 120+ NZ stores
Delis, butcheries, grocers and a fair few very good pizzerias. If you’ve had it somewhere and can’t remember where — it was probably one of these.
Trade & wholesale
Stock Sweet Sting
in your store
We’re in 120+ delis, butcheries, grocers and gift stores across New Zealand — and we’d love to be in yours.
- Minimum order 12 units, mix and match across the range
- Standard wholesale margin, no exclusivity strings
- Free shelf talkers, recipe cards and a counter display
- Dispatched from Auckland within 3 working days
Order through Upstock
Our trade ordering runs through Upstock rather than a form that lands in someone’s inbox. It is the platform most New Zealand grocers and delis already use, so for you that means:
- You order in the same app as your other suppliers — no new login to remember
- Live pricing and stock, so nothing gets ordered that we cannot ship
- Orders land straight in our system, which is why we can dispatch in three days
- Order history and reorders are one tap, not an email thread
Not on Upstock yet, or want to talk first? Send us a message and we’ll set you up.