What are the hottest chilli peppers in the world? From Carolina Reaper to Trinidad Scorpion, these are the spiciest you can eat
- With heat levels that are 275 times that of the hottest jalapeño, Carolina Reapers are the spiciest, according to Guinness World Records
- Created by Smokin’ Ed Currie, they are closely followed by Trinidad Scorpions and 7 Pot varieties
Are you a fan of spicy foods? How about the hottest pepper in the world?
The title is a coveted one, ranked by Guinness World Records and held by chilli farmers looking to challenge the meaning of the word “spicy”.
There are an estimated 50,000 types of chilli pepper in the world, resulting from domestication over 6,000 years ago in Peru and Mexico. These peppers file into five categories – Capsicum annuum, Capsicum chinense, Capsicum frutescens, Capsicum baccatum and Capsicum pubescens.
But one ranks above them all as the world’s hottest pepper.
What is the hottest pepper in the world?
The world’s hottest pepper is the Carolina Reaper, a cultivar of the Capsicum chinense plant, grown by “Smokin” Ed Currie of the PuckerButt Pepper Company in Fort Mill, South Carolina, in the United States.