Carolina Reaper

Naga Viper

The Naga Viper boasts of containing about 900,000 to 1.38 million SHU and is a cross between three hot chilies, namely the Naga Morich, ghost pepper, and the Trinidad Naga Morich. The pepper held the Guinness World Record for the hottest chili in the world in 2011 after beating the infinity pepper, but it lost the title the following year. The pepper has the slow burn of the ghost pepper and the heat of a scorpion pepper.

Trinidad Moruga Scorpion

The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion contains about 1.2 to 2 million SHU. This variant of pepper initially from Trinidad and Tobago gets its name from its scorpion-like tail. Symptoms from eating one of these raw include hiccups, sweating, and numbness, and it is up to 800 times hotter than a jalapeño pepper.

7-Pot Habanero

The 7-Pot Habanero contains 1 to 1.35 million SHU. The pepper is folded and round, sort of looking like a human brain. The 7-Pot Habanero gets its name from the fact that the fierce spiciness from just one of these adds enough heat for seven family-size cooking pots of food. It is purported to taste fruity, tropical and a little nutty, once you get past the heat.

Dorset Naga

The Dorset Naga contains 1 to 1.6 SHU. The chili is originally from the United Kingdom and is a subspecies of the Naga Morich. It was created by Joy and Michael Michaud of Dorset, England by handpicking only the best seeds of the Naga Morich and growing them exclusively, continuing this process over the course of a few years, thus creating the Dorset Naga. The pepper is so popular in the UK due to the heated flavor it adds to food.

Chocolate Habalokia

The Chocolate Habalokia is a cross between a Bhut Jolokia and the Chocolate Habanero. The chili matures from green to a chocolatey color and contains an impressive 800,000 SHU.

Peach Ghost Scorpion

The Peach Ghost Scorpion packs over 750,000 SHU and is a cross between the Bhut Jolokia (also called Ghost Pepper) and the Trinidad Scorpion. The chili is known for its fruity taste that quickly changes to spicy and hot.

Health Benefits

Chilies have numerous health benefits, including helping blood circulation by thinning the blood, and preventing strokes to a significant degree. The capsaicin found in chilies is known to contain a Neuropeptide that is associated with anti-inflammatory properties that help control auto-inflammatory diseases such as arthritis and rheumatoid. Chilies are also effective in clearing congestion and nasal passages which helps one to breathe with more ease. Capsaicin also has heat-producing compounds which increase our metabolic rate by up to 23%, therefore is can help control body fat and obesity.