The heat on a 7 Pot Primo pepper is nothing to bat an eye at. Keep a close eye on your Gator Jigsaw plants to prevent overripened peppers from rotting your plants. These peppers ripen from green to a yellow mustard color which makes them a little difficult in knowing when to pick them off. This is a relative of the Jigsaw pepper and shares some characteristics to Pepper X (another entry on our list). The Gator Jigsaw pepper is another one that’s rumored to be hotter than the Carolina Reaper. If you enjoy earthy flavors with an almost dangerous bite to them, you will love the Chocolate Bhutlah. This pepper is a cross between a ghost pepper and the 7 Pot Douglah, two peppers that were previously listed as some of the hottest in the world. There’s some mystery behind this super-hot pepper, but the Chocolate Bhutlah has been rumored to be hotter than the Carolina Reaper, according to unofficial testing.

Other 7 Pot peppers boast similar heat levels to the Douglah while having a wide variety of different flavors. Most 7 Pot peppers have a fruity flavor to them, but the Douglah has an almost nutty taste that pairs well with stews, chilis, and salsas. That’s some major impact! The 7 Pot Douglah boasts a dark brown almost deep purple color with a dimpled surface that develops as it grows and ripens. This pepper is sneaky when it comes to taste as it starts out with its fruity flavor, the intensity builds and builds until the heat is too much and it feels like you’re breathing fire out of your mouth.ħ Pot Douglah peppers are a variation of the “7 Pot” pepper family, the name deriving from the pepper’s ability to spice up seven pots of stew with one pod. A crow between a 7 Pot and a Ghost Pepper, the Komodo Dragon rivals the Reaper in terms of SHUs, but has a delicious fruity flavor that singes every one of your taste buds. The Komodo Dragon Pepper came on the scene in 2015 poised to dethrone the Carolina Reaper as the hottest pepper in the world.

In other words, handle these peppers with caution. That’s according to Danise Coon, Senior Research Specialist at New Mexico State University, whose handling of the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion during testing was unlike anything that she had ever experienced before with super-hot peppers. The capsaicin can be strong enough to penetrate through latex gloves… multiple times over. You can put this on your food to give it a massive kick or apply it to your garden as a pest repellant – the uses of the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion are far and wide.Ī side note: don’t underestimate the heat on this pepper. One of the most underrated peppers on this list, the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion can pack just as hot of a punch as the Reaper does, yet provides an almost fruity, cotton-candy-like flavor when you taste it.

Read our list below of peppers that are officially, or are suspected to be, hotter than the former World's Hottest Chili Pepper.īefore the Carolina Reaper was dubbed the World’s Hottest Pepper back in 2013, this pepper held that honor the year prior. However, both unofficial (and, until recently, official) tests held around the world indicate that there are peppers out there that blow the Reaper away in terms of heat. And recently, there has been one contender who has taken the crown away from this fiery juggernaut.Īccording to Guinness World Records, the Carolina Reaper officially became the hottest chili pepper in the world on November 14, 2013, reaching 1,569,000 Scoville Heat Units, although some Reapers have apparently tested even higher! For a while, this pepper dominated the growing community with its unique flavor and high-intensity heat. However, you’d also know that other pepper gurus are constantly trying to out-do the Reaper by growing pepper strains that pack some serious (we mean serious) heat. If you consider yourself a chili pepper guru, you know by now that the Carolina Reaper pepper is on record as the former hottest pepper in the world.

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