How hot is the Devil's Tongue Chocolate?

The Devil's Tongue Chocolate measures 400,000–500,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), making it a very hot pepper — roughly 65 times hotter than a jalapeño (which tops out around 8,000 SHU).

Devil's Tongue Chocolate

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Classified as C. chinense. Ripens to brown/chocolate, habanero-type pods. Clocks in at 400,000–500,000 SHU — extremely hot, in superhot territory.

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NameDevil's Tongue Chocolate

Alternative Name(s)Devil's Tongue Brown; Devils Tongue Chocolate

Universal Pepper Number (UPN)C-H-B-7-045

SpeciesC. chinense

Scoville Heat Units (SHUs)400,000 - 500,000

Heat LevelVery Hot (100,001–500,000 SHU)

Mature Pod Color (Primary)Brown/Chocolate

Further InformationEdit

Classified as C. chinense. Ripens to brown/chocolate, habanero-type pods. Clocks in at 400,000–500,000 SHU — extremely hot, in superhot territory.

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