ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — There are super-hot chile varieties. And then there’s the sweat-inducing, tear-generating, mouth-on-fire Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. With a name like that, it’s not surprising that ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – There are super-hot chile varieties. And then there's the sweat-inducing, tear-generating, mouth-on-fire Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. With a name like that, it's not surprising that ...

With the recent crowning of Pepper X as the new Guinness World Record holder for hottest chili pepper, here's a look into just how the spiciness of a pepper is calculated — and some examples of very ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - There are super-hot chile varieties. And then there's the sweat-inducing, tear-generating, mouth-on-fire Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. With a name like that, it's not surprising that ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - There are super-hot chile varieties. And then there's the sweat-inducing, tear-generating, mouth-on-fire Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. With a name like that, it's not surprising that ...

The Habanero pepper has a maximum hotness of 350,000 Scoville Heat Units. That’s nothing—like eating an Altoid—compared to the mouth-searing Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. It tops out at over two million ...

Presenting the world's most sweat-inducing, tear-generating, mouth-on-fire pepper: the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. With a name like that, it's not surprising that months of research by the experts at ...

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The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion has been named the hottest pepper on the planet by New Mexico State University’s Chile Pepper Institute, according to the Associated Press. The cherry-tomato-sized pepper ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — There are super-hot chile varieties. And then there’s the sweat-inducing, tear-generating, mouth-on-fire Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. With a name like that, it’s not surprising that ...