Latest HOT NEWS!
HOT new music! Mark Kano's long-awaited debut solo record is now available! "Walking on Broadway" is the first available collection of new songs written by Mark Kano since Athenaeum's self-titled release on Atlantic Records in 2001. Mark Kano's incomparable voice is the must-have musical ingredient when Palmetto Pepper Potions is stirring up a new flavor. His music inspired the creation of our Larynx Lava hot sauce. Get "Walking on Broadway" at markkano.com
We were invited to serve up sizzling appetizers at Music to Your Mouth, Tyler Florence's Palmetto Bluff Lowcounty Culinary Celebration held in November at Palmetto Bluff Resort in Bluffton, South Carolina. Visit www.musictoyourmouth2008.com. Click HERE for photos.
Our newest and hottest flavor – Trenholm Venom – is now available! We’re featured in the South Carolina edition of Southern Living magazine’s July 2006 issue.
Click HERE to read the article.
Palmetto Pepper Potions travels to the ocean floor to feed adventurous aquanauts.
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We have also been featured in Chile Pepper Magazine, the Toronto Star and Lowcountry Living. Click below to see those articles.
Click HERE to read the article in the Chile Pepper Magazine.
Click HERE to read the article in the Toronto Star.
Click HERE to read the article in the Lowcountry Living.
Our Story
Hot sauce is the ultimate ambassador and has led to many fun things - friends we may not have met otherwise, getting to know some of our favorite bands and musicians, meeting a talented graphic designer (who found a bottle of Larynx Lava in Danielle Howle's fridge and soon became our label and website designer), and interesting strangers calling and e-mailing about our hot sauce.
Palmetto Pepper Potions began in the South Carolina kitchen of Mark and Julie Riffle after a friend had gifted us with a surplus of chile pepper plants. The peppers were eagerly planted all over the yard, along the driveway and among the wildflowers. When the peppers ripened, we experimented with herbs, seasonal fruits and fresh vegetables to create a rainbow of vibrant, fresh-tasting sauces. Friends, family, favorite musicians and a surprising number of strangers clamored for more. In just four years, Palmetto Pepper Potions has earned 12 international awards in the world's top fiery foods competitions. Each flavor has been handcrafted to the music of a favorite band or musician from the southeast. Palmetto Pepper Potions hot sauces are inspired by the beauty, hospitality and heat of South Carolina. Try Daily Red, Larynx Lava, Molten Golden and Trenholm Venom.
| Awards for Molten Golden |
- 1st Place Golden Chile - Hot Sauces, International
Zest Fest 2005
- 1st Place Golden Chile - Hot Sauces, International
Zest Fest 2006
- 1st Place Scovie Award - Hot Sauces, World Beat
Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show 2005
- 1st Place Scovie Award - Hot Sauces, World Beat
Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show 2006
- 3rd Place Scovie Award - Hot Sauces, Caribbean Style
Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show 2007
- 2nd Place Award - Hot Sauces, Caribbean Style
America's Best Professional Food Competition 2006
- 2nd Place Fiery Food Challenge Award, Hot Sauces, International Zest Fest 2007
- 2nd Place Scovie Award - Hot Sauce, Unique
Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show 2009
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| Awards for Larynx Lava |
- 1st Place Golden Chile Award - Hot Sauces, Asian Style
Zest Fest 2005
- 3rd Place Golden Chile Award - Hot Sauces, Asian Style
Zest Fest 2006
- 3rd Place Scovie Award - Hot Sauces, Unique
Fiery Foods & Barbecue Show 2006
- 2nd Place Fiery Food Challenge Award, Hot Sauces, Asian Style Zest Fest 2007
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It is a dream come true to have our first four flavors on tables around the world. We hope you enjoy them all.
“Make Every Day Sizzle!”
Mark and Julie Riffle
