How hot is the Moruga Chocolate Brain?

The Moruga Chocolate Brain measures 500,000–1,400,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), making it a superhot pepper — roughly 180 times hotter than a jalapeño (which tops out around 8,000 SHU).

Moruga Chocolate Brain

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This C. chinense cultivar. Ripens to brown/chocolate, habanero-type pods, with warty/bumpy. Clocks in at 500,000–1,400,000 SHU — extremely hot, in superhot territory. From Trinidad & Tobago.

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NameMoruga Chocolate Brain

Alternative Name(s)Moruga Brown Brain

Universal Pepper Number (UPN)C-B-WT-H-9-010RegisteredHow UPN works

SpeciesC. chinense

Scoville Heat Units (SHUs)500,000 - 1,400,000

Heat LevelSuperhot (500,001+ SHU)

Mature Pod Color (Primary)Brown/Chocolate

Pod FormHabanero-type

RegionTrinidad & Tobago

Discoverer/BreederLandrace - Moruga, Trinidad

Immature Color(s)Green/Mustard

Further InformationEdit

This C. chinense cultivar. Ripens to brown/chocolate, habanero-type pods, with warty/bumpy. Clocks in at 500,000–1,400,000 SHU — extremely hot, in superhot territory. From Trinidad & Tobago.

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Last updated Oct 5, 2026