Celebrate summer with sweet and spicy Grilled Hot Honey Wings, the most tender and moist wings to ever come off a charcoal grill!
Wings are the perfect appetizer, snack, and main course for any outdoor hang-outs. They are so fun to eat with your hands because you get messy! And, if the sauce is delicious, everyone is licking their fingers, asking for more.
Go for gold with these tender and juicy Grilled Hot Honey Wings, made with cornstarch, spicy hot honey, and your favorite hot sauce to boot! Make these wings as spicy or as mild as you like. Either way, enjoy the sticky sweetness of honey right inside the sauce!
What is Hot Honey?
Hot honey is a condiment and current trend in the food world. It is exactly how it sounds; honey that is flavored with heat! Many brands, big and small, now make a variety of hot honey. It is the perfect condiment for chicken, pizza, and even sandwiches!
Buy a high-quality hot honey variety and enjoy it on all your favorite foods. If you cannot find hot honey, use regular honey and add some crushed red pepper flakes. You will get the same sweet heat this way!
Ingredients in Grilled Hot Honey Wings
- 1½ pounds chicken wings, cut into wingettes and drumettes
- ½ cup cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- Olive oil spray
- ¼ cup hot honey
- ⅛ cup hot sauce, such as Frank’s or Crystal
- Freshly chopped chives, for garnish
How to Make Grilled Hot Honey Wings
Trim your wings if they came as whole wings.
Pat the wings dry with paper towels to remove as much moisture as possible.
In a bowl, add the cornstarch, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Mix well.
Add the wings to the cornstarch mixture, coating evenly. Place onto a plate. Spray with olive oil spray to keep them from sticking to the grill.
Heat your grill to about 400 degrees F using either charcoal or gas.
Place the coated wings over direct heat. Grill for about 5 minutes per side, turning as often as necessary. Remove to indirect heat if the wings are browning too quickly.
Meanwhile, mix the hot honey and hot sauce in a large bowl.
When the wings are cooked through, remove them to the bowl with the hot honey sauce. Toss the wings to coat in the sauce.
Serve with chives over the top.
Grilled Hot Honey Wings
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds chicken wings, cut into wingettes and drumettes
- 1/2 cup cornstarch
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- Olive oil spray
- 1/4 cup hot honey
- 1/8 cup hot sauce, such a Frank's or Crystal
- Freshly chopped chives, for garnish
Instructions
- Trim your wings into wingettes and drumettes if they came as whole wings.
- Pat the wings dry with paper towels to remove as much moisture as possible.
- In a bowl, add the cornstarch, salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Mix well.
- Add the wings to the cornstarch mixture, coating evenly. Place onto a plate. Spray with olive oil spray to keep them from sticking to the grill.
- Heat your grill to about 400 degrees F using either charcoal or gas.
- Place the coated wings over direct heat. Grill for about 5 minutes per side, turning as often as necessary. Remove to indirect heat if the wings are browning too quickly.
- Meanwhile, mix the hot honey and hot sauce in a large bowl.
- When the wings are cooked through, remove them to the bowl with the hot honey sauce. Toss the wings to coat in the sauce.
- Serve with chives over the top.
