The Other Name-Brand Sauce That's A Key Ingredient In Sweet Baby Ray's

While we don't exactly know what's in the secret recipe for Sweet Baby Ray's, Dave Raymond let it slip in an interview with the Chicago Tribune that it includes Tabasco.

Tabasco has been around for more than 150 years. It's a simple hot sauce made with vinegar, salt, and two kinds of spicy chili peppers, which gives it its iconic red color.

Sweet Baby Ray's started out as a hobby, so the recipe likely uses Tabasco because Dave Raymond and his brother Larry used ingredients they had on hand at home.

The recipe uses brown sugar to balance out the spicy heat of Tabasco. When the sauce is refrigerated, you can taste the spicy Tabasco a little better.