There is absolutely something crazily attractive about spicy foods! Although they make your mouth and stomach burn, you cannot help but taste and savor their taste in your mouth at least once. Did you know that there are thousands of different types of peppers in the world? And that they all belong to the same species even if some are spicy and others are not? Well, in this article we will however focus more on the spiciest ones and floss our minds to learn more about them.
And before we start with the list, just for your knowledge, the spiciness of a pepper is measured in SHU (Scoville Heat Unit) and capsaicin is the main chemical that causes the spiciness in a pepper.
#1 – CAROLINA REAPER (SPICINESS – 2,200,000 SHU)
Found – South Carolina
Titled as the world’s hottest pepper, the Carolina Reaper are Guinness World Record holders since 2013. This mean pepper can really bring you to tears with just a small tinsy bite of it. However, the pepper also has a great fruity flavour to it which you get to taste only after your mind goes numb with its heat and spiciness.
#2 – Trinidad Moruga Scorpion (Spiciness – 2,009,231 SHU)
Found – Trinidad and Tobago
This little chilli pepper is ranked second in the list of the world’s spiciest chillies. The unique thing about this pepper is that once you take a small bite of it, the heat from the chilli keeps on building and never stops. It may look small, but it surely is a bomb that might blow your mouth.
#3 – 7 POT DOUGLAH (SPICINESS – 1,853,936 SHU)
Found – Trinidad
Growing only in Trinidad, the 7 Pot Gouglah is a superhot chilli pepper that is specially known for its unique flavour. The pepper is however, mostly dried and powdered for its best use. The pepper can be used in any food you like to eat. It is also widely known as the Chocolate 7 Pod, 7 Pot Brown and 7 pod Douglah.
#4 – 7 POT PRIMO (SPICINESS – 1,469,000 SHU)
Found – Trinidad
The 7 Pot variety of peppers grows exclusively in Trinidad. However, the 7 pot Primo is a mixed variety of pepper created by Troy Primeaux, a horticulturist who wanted to create an insanely hot variety of chilli, and he partially succeeded in making it.
#5 – TRINIDAD SCORPION BUTCH T (SPICINESS – 1,463,700 SHU)
Found – Trinidad and Tobago
A Guinness World Record holder, the Trinidad Scorpion Butch T is one of the hottest peppers in the world. The pepper is named scorpion because of the stinging sensation that the pepper leaves on your tongue after you take a bite out of it, and also from the person who created it, Butch Taylor.
#6 – NAGA VIPER (SPICINESS – 1,349,000 SHU)
Found – UK
Cultivated in UK, the Naga Viper is a hybrid variety of pepper that was created by the cross pollination of the Naga Morich, Ghost Pepper and the Trinidad Scorpion. The Naga Viper stands sixth in the list of the hottest peppers in the world.
#7 – GHOST PEPPER (SPICINESS – 1,041,427 SHU)
Found – India
Growing widely in the Northeastern states of India such as Assam and Nagaland, Ghost pepper or the Bhut Jolokia is a superhot pepper that has received more attention than any other variety of pepper. Ghost Pepper was once the spiciest pepper in the world, but it all changed when newer varieties of pepper started growing and being cultivated in different countries.
