I love spicy foods so when I read about Pepper Palace I just had to go there. I couldn't find it at first because it was on the level D of a mall but I did manage to get there. They have all sorts of pepper sauce everywhere and samples too of salsa and more. Try the habanero garlic.

Not only did they have over 15 free samples of food when I was there, but they had a Queso chile they were handing out that was to DIE for! My husband can east Habaneros raw and they had a sauce that made him cry hehe. It was called the hottest sauce in the universe BEWARE it's so hot it burnt his tongue but he loved it!!!

We never make a trip to Gatlinburg without going here. Love the Pepper Palace. They have lots of samples to try. I like that they not only have samples of their product, but they make some of the recipes with the products and have samples of that as well, for example the cheeseballs and quesos using the salsas. Then they have the recipes printed out next to the products to take with you. Warning some of the stuff is super hot!! But they do have signs next to those telling you so. We always leave with a decent sized bag of salsa, hot sauce, dip and soup mixes. The workers are always very friendly and eager to answer any questions that you may have about their products.

My husband and I have visted the Pepper Palace in the Mountain Mall a few times over the years. We were last in the Pepper Palace over the July 4th holiday. I like to take a stroll around and look at all the various hot and bbq sauces. They have some interesting ones that you most likely will not find anywhere else. You will see some that have a character on the label that bear a resemblance to some celebrities. At one point they even had some that had politicians on them. Some of them are really funny. Then you have some of the interesting sauces like Dr. Pepper and 7-Up marinade. We did buy the Dr. Pepper sauce & it was OK. They also have the Jack Daniels, Jim Beam and Budweiser sauces. Some of the hot sauces are really funny to read too. I could spend an hour or so just reading all the funny labels. They also have a nice selection of salsas, jellies, jams, mustards, wing sauces, cheese sauces, relishes and more. You can sample several of the salsas and sauces on location before trying them. It is fun to watch people try the really hot sauces. You can even check out photographs of people who have tried the hottest sauce in the universe on the "wall of flame". I love that they have flashing red lights next to this sauce to bring attention to it. With a flashing red light, you know it must be HOT!!

Note: The Pepper Palace is similar to the All Sauced Up on the parkway, but I think they have a LARGER selection of sauces here. So, if you enjoyed checking out the samples & sauces on the parkway OR you didn't find what you were looking for there--you will most likely enjoy a visit to the Pepper Palace.