r/HotPeppers • u/TheAngryCheeto • Aug 18 '24

Are ghost peppers considered superhots? Discussion

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I picked my first red ghost pepper and I've been trying little slivers with dinner. It's the first pepper I've tried that was hotter than a habanero.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '24

I put 5 of them in my salsa and cut them up to eat in tacos. My wife always ask me how I can eat like that and not die. I’m waiting on my chocolate scorpions to get ripe

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u/TheAngryCheeto Aug 18 '24

That is pretty intense! My first red scorpions are about to ripen. Now that I've tried the ghost pepper, how big of a jump do you reckon it is from ghost to Scorpion?

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u/LettuceOpening9446 Aug 18 '24

That's a BIG jump. Hottest ghost is around 1mil scoville. Scorpions get up around the 2mil range. Close to reaper heat level. Like, real close.

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u/TheAngryCheeto Aug 18 '24

Oh man. So you're saying I need to go and prepare my will. Thanks for the heads up