Description
Chilli Name : CAROLINA REAPER CHOCOLATE
Chilli Species : Chinense
Chilli Origin : USA (Ed Currie, PuckerButt Pepper Company)
Chilli Heat : Superhot (World Record class)
The Carolina Reaper Chocolate is a colour variant of the famous Carolina Reaper, bred by Ed Currie of the PuckerButt Pepper Company in South Carolina, USA. While the original red Reaper has held the Guinness World Record as the world’s hottest chilli, the chocolate form is equally notorious, combining the same blistering heat with dark brown pods.
Pods are heavily wrinkled and gnarled, often with the characteristic “stinger tail” created when the dried flower base restricts the growing pod. They ripen from green to deep chocolate brown, with a flavour that carries earthy, smoky undertones typical of brown superhots beneath the overwhelming fire.
Plants are vigorous and upright, reaching 90–120 cm tall, and crop heavily given a long, hot season.
Seeds germinate best at 28–30 °C, sprouting within 10–21 days. Plants typically need 100–120 days from sowing to full maturity, with greenhouse or polytunnel growing strongly recommended in cooler climates.
