HOT Hot Honey Collabs: Past, Present, and Future

By Teddy Danielson · October 11, 2026

Edited by Hot Honey Fever

Fresh red peppers around bowls of crushed pepper flakes and ground seasoning. — Red peppers and seasoning, supplied editorial photograph; hot honey is not shown. Photo: Jana Ohajdova / Pexels.

Mike's Hot Honey has appeared on restaurant menus with fried chicken, pizza and waffles. Savannah Bee Company supplied the honey for two Starbucks Reserve drinks. Here are six examples from 2017 through 2025, followed by the original manuscript's wish list for another collaboration.

These are historical snapshots from announcements, a restaurant profile and a charity's coverage archive. A profile or coverage date does not establish when a partnership began. Check current menus and participating locations before planning an order. The supplied photographs illustrate the topics; they do not identify the advertised dishes or show food we taste-tested.

KFC: February 2025

KFC's collaboration announcement has a February 5, 2025 issuer dateline and a February 6 page date. It described early access through DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub on February 9. Orders at restaurants, on KFC's website and through its app followed on February 10.

Illuminated KFC restaurant exterior at night. — KFC exterior, supplied editorial photograph; the location and date are not identified. Photo credit: Huu Huynh / Pexels. Pexels.

The limited-time menu included Mike's Hot Honey over fried chicken or tenders. The announcement's $25 Fan Favorites Box combined honey-drizzled fried chicken with nuggets, fries, biscuits and a choice of sauces. It also described adding the honey to other KFC items while supplies lasted. Those prices and delivery offers applied to the announcement, and need a current check before ordering.

Moe's Southwest Grill: July 2024

The July 17, 2024 release issued by Moe's introduced Mike's Hot Honey as a limited-time sauce beginning that day, while supplies lasted. Guests could add a drizzle to an entrée at no extra charge during the promotion.

Tacos filled with meat, chopped onion and green herbs. — Tacos, supplied editorial photograph; they are not identified as Moe's menu items or as containing hot honey. Photo credit: Jeswin Thomas / Pexels. Pexels.

The release called it the chain's first limited-time sauce offering. It named Homewrecker burritos, bowls, stacks, nachos and tacos as examples. Check your location's sauce selection before expecting hot honey with your usual order.

Marco's Pizza: October 2023

Marco's October 4, 2023 announcement introduced the Hot Honey Magnifico Pizza for a limited time beginning October 9. It combined the chain's Pepperoni Magnifico pizza with Mike's Hot Honey.

Hands taking pepperoni pizza slices from an open cardboard box. — Pepperoni pizza, supplied editorial photograph; it is not identified as Marco's pizza or as containing hot honey. Photo credit: cottonbro studio / Pexels. Pexels.

The announcement described house-made dough, traditional and crispy Old World Pepperoni, romesan seasoning, sauce and cheeses, and said the offer would reach more than 1,100 stores. Diners could pay to add honey to other pizzas or buy a dip cup for Pizza Bowls, wings or CheezyBread. Those were the 2023 terms.

MOD Pizza and One Warm Coat: January 2025

One Warm Coat's newsroom archive lists January 20, 2025 coverage of MOD Pizza's Love, Every Bite campaign with Mike's Hot Honey and the charity.

For a donation promotion, check the campaign dates, beneficiary, qualifying purchase or action, and any matching terms. The entry does not establish a current offer or fundraising result.

Sweet Chick: a May 2017 profile

Mike's Hot Honey's May 16, 2017 Sweet Chick profile described the restaurant, opened by John Seymour in Williamsburg in 2013, serving chicken and waffles with hot honey. It also mentioned fried chicken sliders on mini biscuits with honey for dipping, and a brunch chicken sandwich with pickled red onions and hot honey.

Fried chicken and waffles dusted with powdered sugar on a wooden serving board. — Chicken and waffles, supplied editorial photograph; the dish is not identified as a Sweet Chick menu item. The background bottle is incidental and is not a product recommendation. Photo credit: Malcolm Garret / Pexels. Pexels.

The profile is a snapshot of those dishes. Its locations, brunch schedule and other menu details need a current check.

Starbucks Reserve: March 2024

Starbucks' March 26, 2024 announcement introduced Hot Honey Espresso Martini and Hot Honey Affogato at Reserve Roasteries and stores in Chicago, New York City and Seattle that day. Savannah Bee Company's March 27 account identifies its honey in the collaboration.

A dark drink with pale foam in a stemmed glass, with coffee beans on the tray. — A drink beside coffee beans, supplied editorial photograph; its ingredients and venue are not identified. Photo credit: Denys Gromov / Pexels. Pexels.

The martini combined Starbucks Reserve Espresso with Kalak Single Malt Vodka, Ancho Reyes Chile Liqueur and vanilla syrup, with a spicy-sweet cold foam. The affogato used vanilla gelato, espresso, Scrappy's Orange and Firewater Bitters, a hot honey drizzle and a cherry. These were Reserve offerings. Check a Reserve location's menu; the announcement does not promise them at ordinary Starbucks stores. The martini is an alcoholic cocktail for adults of legal drinking age.

For ideas at home, read our hot honey cocktail guide and hot honey in coffee and tea guide.

Where we'd like to see hot honey

Huey Magoo's, Bojangles, Wingstop and Domino's were on the original manuscript's wish list. We'd like to try a drizzle on chicken tenders or biscuits, wings and pizza. This is a wish list, not an announcement of a partnership or a claim about what those chains serve now.

A sauced chicken wing dipped into a pale sauce beside more wings and carrot sticks. — Chicken wings and a dip, supplied editorial photograph; the sauces and restaurant are not identified. Photo credit: Sergio Arreola / Pexels. Pexels.

A dry seasoning and a bottled honey drizzle give a dish different textures. When an offer catches your eye, check the partner names, exact item, dates and participating locations.