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Chamoy sauce might be new to you but it won’t be for long. Make this sauce once and you’re going to want to make it again and again. Originally—and still for most people—chamoy comes in the form of Mexican candy, a sour-sweet pickled salty candy with some heat from chiles. Only recently have chefs begun to play with that combination of flavors, taking the intoxicating combination from candy aisles and street food carts into high-end restaurants. And now, you can have it in your home. This sauce, spiked with ancho chiles and finished with a hit of refreshing lime zest, brings a zing to any meal you make. We recommend making our pork tacos with an apricot-tomato salsa first. After you enjoy that meal, play with this sauce any way you wish.