Ever get the Jalapeño Bites at Arby’s? They’re awesome… but the most awesome thing about them is that they come with a genius little cup of Bronco Berry Sauce®.
Despite the name, it contains no horses or even any berries. It’s a simple list of ingredients that are probably more sweeteners and preservatives than actual food with nutritional value. It’s something that Clark Griswold would be proud of. In fact, here’s the list as states by the Arby’s nutrition page…
Bronco Berry Sauce®
Ingredients:
Sugar, Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Red Bell Peppers, Distilled Vinegar, Modified Corn Starch, Jalapeno Peppers, Onion (dehydrated), Xanthan Gum, Spices, Salt, Sodium Benzoate and Potassium Sorbate (preservatives), Citric Acid, Red 40, Blue 1.
Crazy. It’s odd that they don’t have to declare the spices… but there’s whole other issue. I wrote to Arby’s via webform, suggesting that they ought to bottle and sell the stuff…
Buenos Dias Buckaroos! I write to you today with high praise for your Bronco Berry Sauce. Holy Cow, is it good! I mean, the Jalapeño Bites are excellent in and of themselves, but the delicious dip takes it to an infinitely higher level of superbity. Is superbity even a word? I don't know, my friends. But if it's not, it should be... and it should be the word to describe Bronco Berry Sauce. I would like to know if you ever have plans to bottle the stuff and make it available for sale inside your restaurants, like Bob Evans does with their Wildfire BBQ Sauce? I think it would be a stroke of genius. I'd also purchase your Arby's Sauce, Horsey Sauce and the Honey Mustard if it were available. But the Bronco Berry Sauce is the object of my culinary desire. I have seen the "copy-cat recopies" online, but I balk at their attempts to copy perfection. Why settle for an imitation when you can have the real thing? If there are no plans to bottle & sell the Bronco Berry Sauce, can I somehow buy a case of the little dipping cups? Typing that out, it sounds ridiculous, but I'm serious. Thanks you for your time, I look forward to hearing from you! Yee-Haw! -Eric world.and.lunar.domination@gmail.com
Well, apparently they have no plans of doing any such thing. They also apparently get this question a lot… as I got virtually the same answer twice:
from customerservice@arbys.com
to world.and.lunar.domination@gmail.com
date Tue, Aug 10, 2010
subject Customer Feedback #387566
mailed-by arbys.comDear Eric,
Thank you for your comments. Our customer’s input and comments are always welcome and very important to us. I have forwarded your request to the Menu and Product Development teams. However, the Bronco Berry Sauce is not available for retail sale.
We use this information to guide the decisions we make about our brand and our products.
Thank you again.
Sincerely,
Arby’s Customer Relations
from customerservice@arbys.com
to world.and.lunar.domination@gmail.com
date Thu, Aug 12, 2010
subject Customer Feedback #388610
mailed-by arbys.comDear Eric:
Thank you for your comments. Our customer’s input and comments are always welcome and very important to us. Arby’s sauces are currently not available for retail sale, however, we have shared your comments with our Menu and Product Development teams.
Thank you again.
Sincerely,
Arby’s Customer Relations
Odd. I’d like to get directly in contact with the product development team… I mean, why wouldn’t it work?
I know there are a plethora of copycat recipes online. They’re easy to find and probably easy to make… but they’re not the same. So… I can do without the Red 40 and Blue 1… but where can I pickup Xantham Gum, and what are the magic “spices”?
I may just have to try some of these out:
- Famous Tasty Recipes | Arby’s Bronco Berry Sauce
- Key Ingredient | Arby’s Bronco Berry Sauce
- Top Secret Recipes | Arby’s Bronco Berry Sauce
Or, Arby’s could just get with it and bottle their sauces. Since Wendy’s & Arby’s are now owned by the same company, their Sweet & Sour Nugget Sauce would be good too!
Do you have any sauces that you think ought to be bottled & sold?
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Wish I had a list of those secret spices as well but for a very different reason. The sauce was good but damn near killed me! I had an allergic reaction to something I ate at arby’s and the only thing new and that I haven’t had since was the bronco berry sauce. I would love to know so that I can avoid another encounter!!
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Oh my! I can feel you on food allergies (I’m deathly allergic to shellfish myself). The ingredients are listed here: https://aixelsyd13.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/broncoberry.png
Did you ever try to write to Arby’s & ask about allergen information?
You could also try allergy tests…
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Xanthan Gum is hugely popular now with the new gluten-free craze. It can usually be found in your stores section where they carry gluten-free flours, powders and mixes. It’s a white powder and rather expensive. Quite the killing the market is doing on the gluten allergy scare. But I’ll save that rant for another page. 🙂
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Hmm… there’s a gluten free bakery around, I might have to check it out & make my own. Rumor is they’ve stopped serving the Jalapeno bites around Pittsburgh.
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Now that they’ve stopped serving Jalapeño Bites (& in turn Bronco Berry Sauce®) in our area, can we buy some Bronco Berry Sauce online?
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Copycat recipe: http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/Arbys-Bronco-Berry-Sauce-Recipe.html
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Please let me get a case of Bronco Berry sause ! Let me know the price !!!!
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You’ll have to write to Arby’s!
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Arby I need to buy some bronoco berry sauce can we get any
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Betty, I am not Arby’s.
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