Fire and Ice Pickles

2 jars bread and butter pickle slices or dill pickle slices
3 cups sugar
couple of dashes hot pepper sauce
generous dash red pepper flakes
2 cloves garlic, peeled and chopped

Drain juice from pickles.  In a bowl, mix all ingredients except garlic cloves together.  Let stand for 2 hours, stirring occasionally. Spoon pickles evenly into  2 jars. Add a garlic clove to each jar. Store in refrigerator
for one week before serving.  Keep refrigerated.