Popeyes x Sizzling Ones Is the Spiciest Collab of the 12 months

Summer time could lastly be cooling down, however one Louisiana-based chain hasn’t stopped turning up the warmth. 

Popeyes is teaming up with the favored Sizzling Ones collection for a “first-of-its-kind menu collaboration.” Sure, that’s proper — it’s your probability to strive a lineup of ultra-spicy wing sauces. This four-item restricted lineup is offered on menus nationwide immediately, in keeping with an organization announcement shared with Meals & Wine. The lineup ranges from mild warmth within the Sizzlin’ Sriracha Dippers to a sampling of The Final Dab, which comprises three strains of Pepper X — Smokin’ Ed Currie’s Guinness World File-breaking chile pepper. 

That one hits a whopping 2.693 million Scoville Warmth Models (SHU), far surpassing your common Sriracha (which measures round 1,000 items). The menu additionally options garlicky Sizzlin’ Sriracha Dippers and a Smokin’ Rojo sandwich (each gentle to medium), together with Darin’ Dab Ghost Wings for the courageous ones on the market. 

It solely stays out there whereas provides final — making it a sizzling commodity, if you’ll. Popeyes is providing the complete bundle for $17, with à la carte add-ons of The Final Dab for $1. Double rewards factors are additionally up for grabs from September 22–28 with each Sizzling Ones app or on-line buy. 

Want an indication? Emmy-winning actor, singer, and two-time Sizzling Ones alum Keke Palmer is tackling this tasting on a particular episode of “Sizzling Ones.” Throughout her final look, fan-favorite Palmer remained remarkably composed by means of the ultimate rounds, so we’ve got little question she’ll crush this one. 

Through the years, Sizzling Ones has partnered with chains like Firehouse Subs and Panda Categorical to deliver all that warmth to viewers at dwelling. (The model is notably strategic about meals collaborations, as Advert Age studies that it’s solely tackled six partnerships as of April 2025.) However for the Popeyes improvement workforce, this collaboration felt particularly intuitive. 

“Collectively, we crafted a menu that mirrors the Sizzling Ones journey,” Popeyes vice chairman of culinary innovation Amy Alarcon tells Meals & Wine. “This collaboration is extra than simply meals. It’s an expertise that sits on the intersection of taste, hearth, and popular culture.” 

Haven’t seen Sizzling Ones in your social feed? Permit us to interrupt it down: It’s a star interview collection that places well-known figures within the sizzling seat, fairly actually. 

The YouTube collection launched in March 2015, rapidly gaining traction and tapping celebrities like Gordon Ramsay, Viola Davis, NSYNC, and Shaquille O’Neal to taste-test incrementally spicy wings. Episodes are launched each Thursday at 11 a.m., simply in time on your mid-week TV stoop, with latest appearances by actor Patrick Schwarzenegger and former New York Jets cornerback Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner. As of publication, First We Feast’s YouTube channel has 15 million subscribers. 

Producers have simply introduced the season 28 lineup of sizzling sauces, that includes artistic profiles like Dawson’s Sizzling Sauce’s toasty Espresso Date and Chimichurri Habanero from Neil’s Actual Deal. As for the upcoming menu lineup, Popeyes is asking of us to put up their makes an attempt — profitable or in any other case — to actually step into the highlight. 

We’ll maintain our private makes an attempt off-camera, thanks.