Product Review: Wolf Brand Chili Hot Dog Sauce

If you were a fan of the original formula, I can save you some reading. My review for this product? 

DUD.

I used to enjoy this hot dog sauce. It was my favorite canned sauce. Then Wolf discontinued it. I sent them an email expressing my disappointment, and then proceeded to look for a substitute. Nothing suitable surfaced, so I moved on to the kitchen lab. Just testing here and there, hoping for a "breakthrough." 😆 We don't eat a lot of hot dogs or chili dogs, so it wasn't an emergency. But it was still sad when a craving started coming on. 

I happened upon the chili display at a local store the other day, and there it was. It was back! Cautious excitement occurred right away, because the can was now 14 oz. instead of 10 oz. Ingredients seemed a little off. I even wondered if they just stuck regular chili in it and slapped the hot sauce label on just to shut people up. 

I'm old enough to remember the "New Coke" debacle. It was never the same after they brought the "original" back. Same with Taco Bell Enchiritos. Just a shadow of their former selves. 

But...of course we had to try the hot dog sauce. So I gathered the rest of the items for chili dogs. Fingers crossed. 

I popped open the can the next day, and right away I knew this wasn't it. Texture was all wrong. Aroma was off. 

Flavor...NO. It is WAY off. They ditched the original recipe for THIS??!! REALLY???!!! It is so f-----g bland now. 

I checked the ingredients against the old ones. Missing rolled oats. Well, that is not the reason it is so bland. They had to go and monkey around with the rest of the formula too. 

This sucks. It was so nice & spicy previously. And it was well blended. I read complaints about the previous texture from some people, but it was supposed to be chili hot dog SAUCE, not chili. 

Now it is some gray area in between. Edible, but no thrills. Thanks for nothing, Wolf.  (I should really say: Parent Company of Wolf.)

Back to the kitchen drawing board for me...to replicate the original. It will be a priority now. 

I will allow these Mango Forks express my disapproval:

Come on, Wolf. You can do better.