Mike’s Hot Honey Is Going In Cocktails Now & There’s A Perfect Recipe

I love a spicy cocktail. A margarita with a chili rim? Yes please. A little heat sneaking up on me halfway through something fruity? Oh, absolutely. The fact that I overestimate my own spice tolerance every single time has never once stopped me.

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So I was always going to be interested in this one. Mike’s Hot Honey, which has already found its way onto everything from pizza to fried chicken, has decided your cocktail glass is next.

The hot honey brand has teamed up with Cavit Wines for National Pizza Month, and among the pizza-and-wine pairings they’ve put together is a cocktail called the Golden Stinger. It’s made with Pinot Grigio, pineapple juice, orange juice, lime juice, and Mike’s Hot Honey Extra Hot.

I assumed this collaboration would just involve drizzling honey on pizza, pouring a glass of wine, and calling it a night. Which it does, to be fair. But someone also suggested putting spicy honey directly into the wine, and I’d like to shake their hand.

Meet The Golden Stinger

The Golden Stinger is a sweet-and-spicy cocktail made with Cavit Pinot Grigio, fruit juices, and the hotter version of Mike’s Hot Honey. There’s also a Tajín rim, just in case the honey wasn’t doing enough.

Here’s the full recipe:

• 3 oz Cavit Pinot Grigio
• 1 oz pineapple juice
• 1 oz orange juice
• ½ oz lime juice
• ½ oz Mike’s Hot Honey Extra Hot
• Tajín, for the rim
• Lime, for garnish

To make it, rim a rocks glass with Tajín, add the wine, juices, and honey to a shaker with ice, and shake well. Strain over fresh ice and garnish with lime.

The more I look at the ingredients, the more it makes sense. Pineapple and chili are already a good combination, the citrus helps balance the sweetness, and Pinot Grigio is crisp enough that it shouldn’t get lost among all that fruit juice.

But what I’m most curious about is the honey. They’ve gone with Extra Hot, not the original. And half an ounce of it. That’s a fairly generous amount of spicy honey to pour into a glass of wine, and I have no idea how much of that heat makes it past the pineapple and orange juice.

I’d like to find out, though. With a glass of water nearby, for reasons already established.

There’s More To Pizza & Pinots Than Cocktails

The Golden Stinger is part of Cavit and Mike’s Hot Honey’s Pizza & Pinots campaign for National Pizza Month, which runs throughout October.

Cavit recommends pairing its Pinot Grigio with pepperoni or mushroom pizza and a drizzle of Mike’s Hot Honey. The wine’s crisp acidity should help balance the richer toppings, while the honey adds sweetness and heat.

For red wine drinkers, there’s Cavit Pinot Noir with spicy pork or sausage pizza and Mike’s Hot Honey Extra Hot. The wine’s berry notes could work nicely with the sweet-and-spicy combination.

I don’t think anyone needs much convincing to put hot honey on pizza in 2026. But if you’re usually reaching for a beer or soda with your Friday night order, trying a glass of Pinot instead could be worth a go.

Cavit is also offering a $3 rebate on qualifying purchases of its Pinot Grigio or Pinot Noir, with up to $36 back where legal. Both wines have a suggested retail price of $10.99 for a 750 mL bottle, so you don’t need to spend a fortune to give the pairings a try.

You can find more recipes and pairing suggestions on Cavit’s Pizza Night page.

Worth a Pour?

The Golden Stinger is still the one I’m most excited to try. Pineapple, citrus, and honey sound pretty good together, and I’m curious to see what that Extra Hot honey brings to the mix.

Whether I’d still be quite so enthusiastic after half an ounce of it is another question.

I suppose there’s only one way to find out.