Category Archives: Message from Taco Jesus

Messages and general musings from Taco Jesus himself.

Walking With Taco Jesus

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Last night I had a dream that I was walking on the beach with Taco Jesus. In my dream scenes from my life flashed before me and during each scene I could see two sets of footprints in the sand where Taco Jesus had walked beside me.

Later I noticed that during some of the darker, sadder and lonely scenes there was only set of footprints in the sand and this troubled me. I asked Taco Jesus how he could leave me alone during these dark times.

Taco Jesus told me “I did not abandon you my child. When there were only one set of prints in the sand it was because I was off getting tacos to make you feel better.”

These Taco Jesus Action Figures commemorate that dream as Taco Jesus returns with tacos in hand ready to make your day better.

Get your action figure today: Buy yours here.

New Year Brings New Flavors

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Growing up in Texas  a thin  guacamole  hot sauce was  a staple in  many  tex-mex  restaurants,  and  lately  we’ve  been  spending  a good  amount  of  time  and  effort  into  recreating  the awesome flavors  of  Texas  and  the  unique  southwestern  flavor  of this  avocado  based sauce.

As always we will release no sauce before we’ve perfected the flavor to ensure only the best products carry our brand name.  Be sure to keep an eye on our Facebook page and follow us on instagram and twitter and you may even get the opportunity  to get in on some of our early taste testing and provide feedback on this and other exciting new flavors in the coming year.

Holy Guacamole!  What could be better than that?

And of course as always, thank you to everyone who has supported our little brand over the last 5 years.  It’s hard to believe it has already been so long on this little adventure, but we look forward to continue to be able to grow with your help and support.

Jeff Crupper – Founder  Taco Jesus Hot Sauce

Taco Jesus in the Movies

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Check out the award-winning short film PROTECTION from Cineview Studios that was recently awarded first place in the 24 Hour Film Race. This was a worldwide competition where teams were given a random set of criteria and then had only 24 hours to write, direct and produce a short film.  The event requirements indicated that the film must include the theme “Time’s Up”, had to include an action figure as a prop and had to include looking at a reflection as part of the film.   WARNING: NSFW Language. Continue reading →

Keep Spice in Christmas

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Taco Jesus Christmas LogoHelp keep  spice  in  Christmas  this year  by  picking  up  some  of  our  awesome  sauces  for  the spice  lover  in your  life this  holiday  season.

Pick up a 3-Pack gift box or pick up some individual bottles to share the spice with all of your spice loving friends this holiday season.  You may even convert some non-spice lovers to the Taco Gospel with some of our Award-Winning Salsa Verde or you can always help Make Tacos Great Again with our original Taco Sauce.

No matter whether your friends and loved ones have been naughty or nice Taco Jesus Hot Sauce has the gift that is just right for them.

Make Tacos Great Again

Tampa Indie Flea: January 20th

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Come out and see us this Sunday for our first ever event in Tampa, Florida.  We’ll be there for this great indoor event featuring 100 great local artisans and makers.  There will be great food & great times, and of course there will be Taco Jesus hot sauces.

We’ll be featuring our new Bloody Mary mix – Taco Jesus Virgin* Mary Mix (*just add vodka) along with our awesome lineup of hot sauces and branded swag galore.  We’ve got a ton of great new stickers, buttons and temporary tattoos to help you help us spread the taco gospel near and far.

Vote Taco Jesus! Best Hot Sauce in Tampa Bay

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Once again Taco Jesus Hot Sauce is a finalist for BEST LOCAL HOT SAUCE in Creative Loafing of Tampa Bay’s annual reader’s poll.Vote Taco Jesus and Make Tacos Great Again

Last year we were the winner in the critic’s poll for best local and we’re looking to repeat this year by taking the reader’s poll vote as well.  Get on over and get the vote out for your favorite hot sauce, and help us spread the Taco Gospel to the bay area and beyond.

Polls are open now through August 29th and we need your help!  Get out the vote, and get your friends out to vote!

The People Want to Know

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Whenever we are out doing shows or talking to people about the brand the most common questions we get is: “Why Taco Jesus; how did you come up with that name?”   We’re not sure if the actual story lives up to the hype, but this is it.  The original idea for Taco Jesus all started as part of a logo design contest in 2009 run by a website called “The Clink Room” which was a collaborative site run by a couple of guys named Casey and Jason who run a mega successful branding company called Brandiose and are major players in logo design projects behind some of your favorite minor league and major league baseball teams.

The idea of the design contest was to design a logo for an imaginary baseball team sponsored by your favorite taco shop.  Jeff Crupper the founder of Taco Jesus Hot Sauce had grown up in Texas and had a passion for tacos (and hot sauce) and a flair for the creative, so he decided to take a shot at designing a logo for the contest.  Jeff’s original taco shop idea was based on an imaginary Taco Shop called Jesus Gomez’ Taco Heaven and their sponsored team was “El Salvadores” with the logo being Jesus Gomez offering up two delicious tacos in a Christ-like pose.

Jesus Gomez - Los Salvadores Logo

Jesus Gomez – Los Salvadores Logo: The first appearance of what would eventually become Taco Jesus.

When the Taco Shop League announced their winners Jesus Gomez and El Savadores were left out on the outside looking in, but the idea of Taco Jesus never completely went away.

The character Taco Jesus first appeared with a Facebook page that many years later would evolve into the Taco Jesus Hot Sauce page you see today.  Taco Jesus managed to gather quite a following eventually making 500-600 “friends” on Facebook and we began selling Taco Jesus related products online.  Today the online shop has evolved to sell Taco Jesus Hot Sauce related products, but many of the original designs can still be found on the site.

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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

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We’d love to thank everyone who helped make this another awesome year for Taco Jesus Hot Sauce.  We;ve just finished a busy week of shipping out Christmas packages and are already gearing up to get going in 2018.Taco Jesus Christmas Logo

We’ve got quite a few new surprises coming up next year that we are really excited about and we can’t wait to share them with you.  If you are not already following us on one or more of our social media pages like Facebook, Instagram or Twitter be sure to follow us now to stay on top of all of the great things that are going to happen in the next 12 months.

We’ve got some great new products coming up and are working on a Kickstarter campaign that is really going to help us take our company to the next level.  Until we can let you know more we hope everyone enjoys a terrific holiday season enjoying family and friends this Christmas and New Year!

 

Crazy Florida Taco Crimes

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Here at Taco Jesus Hot Sauce we love being based in the Sunshine State, but the laid back lifestyle draws some folks to the state who … lets just say aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed.  These are tales of those people, taco related tales.

Largo Man Calls 911 To Report Taco Bell for Not Selling Him Tacos

This first story comes from right down the road from our corporate office in Largo, FL.  Sometimes you get the muchies real bad and only Taco Bell will satisfy that craving.

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