The Carolina Reaper | The Worlds HOTTEST Chilli | Grown In The UK — Love my chillies (2024)

FAQs

Has the Carolina Reaper killed anyone? ›

And while no one has literally died from eating a Reaper, pop a whole one in your mouth…and you may wish you had. For Context: Reaper vs. Habanero. For the uninitiated, it might seem like the Habanero is among the hottest of the hot.

Eating the Carolina Reaper can have intense effects on the body. The heat can cause sweating, increased heart rate, and even endorphin release, which can create a sense of euphoria.

With a super-high rating of 2.2 million on the Scoville heat scale, the Carolina Reaper is currently the world's hottest pepper. The Carolina Reaper is a hybrid pepper that is a cross between the Pakistani Naga pepper and a Red Habanero.

Swallowing prematurely without fully breaking the pepper down greatly increases the risk of stomach discomfort.

On Tuesday, Guinness World Records announced that Mike Jack of Canada consumed 50 Carolina reapers, the world's hottest pepper with 1.64m Scoville heat units, in 6 minutes and 49.2 seconds.

The Carolina Reaper pepper is one of the spiciest edible peppers in the world. While localized symptoms such as mouth burning, mouth numbness, and even vomiting are the main risks of eating these peppers, recent case reports have revealed more serious complications of these potent foods.

Milk Kills Spice

Gone too far? Did those Carolina Reaper pepper pancakes drive you into a fit of twitching and sweats? Down a glass of milk. Chilies contain a substance called capsaicin, milk binds with the hot capsaicin oils to disperse them.

An almost frightening 1.4 million to 2.2 million SHU making it the world's hottest pepper on the Scoville scale. That's nearly double the ghost pepper. Yikes! The Carolina Reaper is currently the world's hottest chili pepper.

Is it illegal for me to sell them or keep seed stock? It's perfectly legal. Its only illegal if you get caught.

How long do Carolina Reapers live for? ›

Carolina Reaper plants that are grown as perennials can live to be 10 years or older. In cold USDA zones, the plants can be brought in as houseplants over the winter and treated like a tender perennial. Indoors, Carolina Reaper will require full sun exposure from a south-facing window.

A Reaper usually takes me about half an hour to recover from, including the cramps. Pepper X took me five to six hours. But I ate more peppers for dinner that night.

The first African American to serve as a sniper in his battalion, Irving famously became known as “The Reaper” by the end of his active service, tallying an astounding 33 kills as a master sniper in addition to setting records for enemy kills on a single deployment.

On Sept. 1, Harris was found unresponsive by police after eating a corn chip dusted in Carolina Reaper pepper and Naga Viper pepper, as part of a social media "One Chip Challenge" created by the company Paqui. Wolobah died at a hospital later that day.

'Pepper X' is now officially the world's hottest chilli pepper, rating at an average of 2,693,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU).