Scorpion Chile, Whole 1 oz bag

In the culinary arms race for the title of "hottest chile in the world," you can call the Scorpion Chile the nuclear option.Registering between 1.4 and 2 million Scoville units,* the heat of the Scorpion chile is an entirely different magnitude than most other super-hot chiles. The scorching hot Habanero hovers around 300,000 - 500,000 Sc and even the melt-your-face-off Ghost pepper (formerly HOTTEST CHILE IN THE WORLD) burns at "only" 850,000 - 1,050,000 Scovilles.Like many of the super-hot varieties of chile pepper, the shiny red Scorpion chile is petite in size, with a distinctive curved tip that looks like a scorpion's stinger. Its flavor has been described as "slightly floral," tender fruit-like flavor, which makes it a sweet-hot combination - though admittedly difficult to recognize due to the pepper's extreme heat.(Carefully!) use Scorpion chiles to make the hottest possible hot sauces, five-alarm chili, hot wings, the fiercest chutneys and pepper jellies.So when we say "Beware,