Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce

My favorite hot sauce, Dexter can do anything. Great on pizza & tacos, glad I can buy it at Kroger.

When someone says «I put this on everything» you may wonder, do they really mean everything? Well when it comes to Gringo Bandito, the answer is YES! You can literally put this hot sauce on any food and it will be great! I love everything about this hot sauce and the fact that anytime I introduce this sauce to someone and they fall in love with it proves that I’m not just an obsessed Offspring fanboy. The truth is in the bottle. All it takes is one taste. If you don’t try Gringo Bandito you are seriously missing out! Also, if you’re a steak and A1 lover, mix some original red GB in there and I swear you’ll never go back to plain A1 again.

Maybe my favorite sauce, only downside I wish stores carried the 10oz bottles. I know you can get them online, but it would be killer if SB or Ralphs carried the larger size. I can polish off the regular sized one in a day.

Went to an event at wee mans chronic tacos on sept 1. It Was awesome to see dexter holland just Chillin. Aslo saw an awesome taco eating challenge. The Food was delicious… Gringo Bandito Green hot Sauce was my favorite on the asada tacos. Brought me home a bottle. Note: hot sauce is sold Ralphs market, will probably be sticking soon: P
Two thumbs up!

Hello Unilocal!
I recently tried this sauce along with a pair of Wahoo’s Cajun Fish Tacos and I was immediatley impressed. So much so that I purchased both the red and green varieties for my home kitchen and I am now a certified Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce lover.
The red sauce is great on anything that could use a swift kick of bold flavor and a relatively mellow burn, wheras the green is a bright and tangy flavor combination that really makes my egg dishes pop. You can find it locally at Ralph’s and they also sell it direct to public from their website.
For those interested in SoCal punk rock, the company is owned by Dexter from The Offspring which adds a nice OC element to the Gringo Bandito story.

I’m a massive fan of Tapatio and Cholula. This hot sauce falls between the two– to me, it’s a bit hotter than Cholula and has a more rounded flavor than Tapatio.
The sauce is hot, but not too hot. You can definitely still taste the flavor of the sauce, as opposed to just getting a bunch of heat. It’s genuinely just really well rounded, and goes great with shrimp tacos.
I used it with enchiladas (red and green both) and everybody loved it.
Pro tip: the red sauce is amazing on a Santa Fe-​style salad.
This has been added to my list of favourite hot sauces, definitely.

Stumbled upon this by accident at Chily Chillies a few months back and its quickly become my goto hot sauce at work.
It’s not so hot that you can’t taste what your rating, but it adds a nice smokey heat to things it’s added to or on

My HB grows the hottest peppers in the world. I don’t touch them!!!
And, My choice for hot sauce is:
Gringo Bandito. The Sauce ROCKS!
These great people sent me samples a month or so ago that I’ve enjoyed.
Time for ordering more.

Keep me posted when the new product line of Gringo Bandito Eye Drops, Hand Sanitizer, and Personal Lubricant becomes available!

As the others have said its good stuff! Most hot sauces out there are blazing hot, so hot you cant really taste any flavor in the sauce or in the food you put it on. GB has the great taste of habeneros without all the heat. But, but its not to mild or like catsup. Its my new go to hot sauce.

I had my doubts at first about this stuff being any good… most hot sauces sold at grocery stores seem to be lacking, but boy was I wrong! This stuff is great… spicy but not too hot, although if you’re not one to eat your fair share of hot sauce I could see how it could be, and super flavorful. Forget about Cholula or Tapatio, they ain’t got shit on the Bandito.

Gringo Bandito has 5 stars and has earned every one of them. I first found out about this through Chronic Tacos here in Southern California. After trying it there I knew I was going to have to pick up a few bottles for myself. Now, I put this hot sauce on literally everything I can! Not too hot, not too mild but a perfect mix of the two. I promise it will give anything you put it on that special kick. Even some of my friends that aren’t huge fans of hot sauce LOVE this stuff. Go out and pick up a bottle or 5!

My whole life I have been opposed to hot sauces. They were either too hot or just too vinegary for my «sensitive» taste buds. Then one day I was walking through Albertsons and saw a bottle of Gringo Bandito. Having heard their praises on KROQ for awhile now, I thought «what the heck» and bought a small bottle. Let me tell you, I’ve never looked back. Gringo is wonderful. It’s got some kick, but not too much, it’s flavorful, and not vinegary at all. I now put this stuff on everything I can and add it to my cooking all the time.
I just wish I could find this stuff more often. I live in LA now and it’s not as easy to find as in Orange County. And I also feel like it’s bad form to bring my own hot sauce into restaurants though I want to so so much.

This stuff RULES. Then again what could you expect from Dexter Holland, the frontman for The Offspring? He’s a guy who’s a rock star, a molecular biologist (holding a Master’s in the subject) and a pilot. And now, a saucier.
You can’t find this stuff on the East Coast unfortunately, but worry not! They sell it online for a pretty reasonable price, including some bundles that come with things like t-​shirts and frisbees and posters.
The sauce is hard to describe but it doesn’t have a strong vinegary flavor, instead letting the peppers and other spices sing. It goes great on practically anything, particularly leftover pizza and of course chips! It complements rather than overrides what you put it on which makes this a formidable hot sauce to have in your pantry and perhaps even on your person at all times. Looks like I’m running out of my second bottle… guess I better re-​up soon.

I visited Long Beach for New Years Eve and walked into an Albertsons to buy some stuff for the party. I finally saw this hot sauce and grabbed it with no hesitation. Originally, I just thought it was awesome because it was by Dexter of the Offspring, but when I tried it… it blew my mind. I love this hot sauce! I have used it mainly on pizza but also in bloody marys! Everyone loved my bloody marys and micheladas at the New Years party! I wish I had boughten more (I live in San Jose, Ca.) but now that I know how great it tastes, I will definitely be ordering some for delivery! Sooooo bummed I missed out on the Special Edition Reserve they had :(
Trust me… AMAZING STUFF! Since then, I have ditched Tapatio and Tabasco!

My new favorite hot sauce. Not the hottest, but very well balanced spice and flavors. It is produced by Dexter Holland of the rock group The Offspring, and he not only produces it here in HB but also has their studio here as well. A great way to support one of our local businesses, and a wealthy rock star.
Check the website for your local purveyors:
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As Dexter sings in the Offspring song «Bad Habit», don’t be a «stupid dumb shit god damn mother fucker» and give this great sauce a try.

Dexter Holland is a talented guy. A PHD candidate in Molecular Biology at USC. Abandons that a forms the Offspring. Now he makes hot sauce? WTF? I had discovered this at Rudy’s Can’t Fail Café in Oakland, which no makes total sense with the Green Day connection, and to my surprise it’s pretty fucking good. I then proceeded to do research and found out it is produced in Hungtington Beach. Now that I look at the label closely it’s Dexter’s mug on the bottle with a bandolero. Wacky. Despite the celebrity tie in the sauce apparently is supervised by a friend form Uruapan, Michoacan. Whether that really lends any authenticity to anything really is pointless. What matters is it tastes damn good. What seems like it could be a total joke product is legitimately a great one.
Check out their crazy comic too:

Gringo Bandito made me a true believer! Dexter Holland has a winner on his hands with this savory, delectable, perfectly balanced hot sauce. The consistency is excellent: not too watery, or too thick. Not too hot and spicy, or too bland and flavorless. Mr. Holland, after much experimentation created his saucy masterpiece just right. Goes great with eggs, meat, pasta, sandwiches, and especially Mexican food. I like Gringo Bandito so much, I ordered a case of 10 ounce bottles directly from their website. Remember the label on the bottle: It’s «easy on the pooper» too. :-) Go to Albertson’s and buy some today, or order from their newly designed website at:

As you see from the reviews, a lot of people like this hot sauce and I agree with them!
GB is has a better flavor than Tapatio and is a bit hotter than Cholula.
This is the type of small independent business that most Unilocaler’s like to support.
I enjoy the bottle almost as much as the sauce. I like putting it out at parties.
Here’s a quote from Dexter Holland which is featured on the bottle:
«I hope you enjoy the adventurous flavor and tingling tantalization of my not-​so-​famous pepper sauce. For over two years I have searched far and wide for the perfect combination of spices to make your next dining experience a zinger. And I tried to make it easy on the pooper, too. Try it on tacos, burritos, eggs, pizza — it’s like a party in your mouth. I personally guarantee it. «
Now that’s «as good as it gets!»

Any company owned by Dexter Holland from Offspring, and makes/​distributes a hot sauce as kicking as Gringo Bandito, is 100% awesome in my book. If you haven’t heard of Gringo Bandito, it’s about time you had yourself a bottle… throw it on your eggs, tacos, burritos, popcorn, pizza, salads, meatballs, ice cream, and your face!!!
I know that this is more of a review of their product (s) — the Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce, but something must be said of the company’s (and Holland’s) ethics if the rumors about the humble beginnings of Hungry Punker and GB Hot Sauce are true… Apparently Holland’s kid was getting (or was already) too old for their awesome live-​in nanny… and so, instead of canning her, Holland pulled her aside and suggested that they go into business together — making amazing hot sauce that you want «in and around yo’ mouth!»
I’m a HUGE fan of Hungry Punker Inc for putting and keeping this amazing hot sauce out there! I hope all retailers and restaurants are carrying it soon — I trust my delicious tacos to very few hot sauces, and I reach for the ‘Bandito anytime it’s on the table or behind the bar!
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From the OC Weekly, Mar 2010:
Gringo Bandito is now available at Albertsons, Food 4 Less and Whole Foods across Southern California; all Mother’s Markets and Wahoo’s locations; dozens of restaurants across Orange County – and increasingly, the Southwest. Last year’s Warped Tour used the sauce during catering, and Metallica just asked for a big order for its tours. It won two Scovie Awards in 2009, one of the longest-​running hot-​sauce contests in the country, for its recipe: hot like Tapatío, as flavorful as Cholula, packing proper but not hellish heat, with chile seeds left intact to ensure it remains delicious, and no preservatives to muck it up. The hot sauce isn’t selling at Tabasco levels yet, still largely a Southern California phenomenon, and Holland hasn’t left his day job recording with the Offspring – but then again, Smash was supposed to be a local indie release and ended up selling 16 million records. And Holland hopes – knows – Gringo Bandito’s best days are just beginning.
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