One of the most significant points that chile pepper experts are making is that the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion is a non-hybrid, stable variety. The capsaicin of these blistering peppers actually wore through multiple pairs of latex gloves that the researchers wore while picking the peppers. They were then tested for their levels of Capsaicinoids. They dried them and ground them to powder. Once the plants were grown and the peppers matured, the researchers chose a number of fruits from the plants. The research team in New Mexico planted about 125 plants of each variety of the current “hottest peppers,” including the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, the Trinidad Scorpion pepper, the 7-Pot, the Chocolate 7-Pot and the previous record holder, the Bhut Jolokia. Trinidad Moruga Scorpion - One of the Hottest Chili Peppers in the World In the study, the overall mean heat was measured at more than 1.2 million Scoville Heat Units, the highest measuring at over 2 Million SHU on the Scoville Scale.Ĭompare that to a typical jalapeno pepper, which averages about 5,000 Scoville Heat Units, and the hottest Trinidad Moruga Scorpion pepper is more than 400 times hotter.īelonging to the collection of 'superhots', the Moruga Chili Pepper has extreme heat and is used in a number of hot sauce products. How Hot is the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Pepper?

The Moruga Scorpion is indigenous to the Moruga region of Trinidad and Tobago. Clocking in at 2,009,231 Scoville Units, this chili pepper is beyond blistering. In February 2012, the 2012 New Mexico Chile Conference, in association with Jim Duffy of Refining Fire Chiles, announced that the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion was the world's hottest chili pepper.

The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion pepper is one of the hottest peppers in the world, measuring in at over 2 Million Scoville Heat Units.

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