Hottest Caribbean Peppers, Ranked by SHU
Compare Caribbean peppers by their listed upper SHU values, from Scotch bonnets to Trinidad Scorpions. Check each profile for its full range and sources.
18 peppers · Peppers of Caribbean origin, ranked by maximum SHU, hottest first.
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The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion registers between 1,200,000 and 2,009,231 SHU, making it one of the most formidable peppers ever tested. Native to the…
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7 Pot Douglah, also sold as Chocolate 7 Pot, is a dark brown Capsicum chinense superhot from Trinidad and Tobago with a reported 923,000 to 1,853,396…
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The Trinidad Scorpion Butch T ranges around 800,000-1,463,700 SHU, with its record-tested specimen clocking 1,463,700 SHU in 2011. Treat it as a true…
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The 7 Pot Barrackpore is a Trinidadian super-hot commonly listed around 1,000,000-1,300,000 SHU - roughly 125-520 times hotter than a jalapeno…
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The 7 Pot Red Giant can reach about 1,300,000 SHU - putting it squarely in the super-hot pepper tier alongside Trinidad's most feared peppers…
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The 7 Pot Jonah is a Trinidadian super-hot clocking 800,000-1,200,000 SHU - roughly 4x hotter than a habanero. Its deeply wrinkled pods pack…
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The 7 Pot Yellow is a Trinidadian super-hot clocking between 800,000 and 1,200,000 SHU, fruity and citrusy on the nose, then scorching in a way that…
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The 7 Pot White is a rare Trinidadian super-hot reaching 800,000-1,000,000 SHU - below the highest Trinidad Scorpion listings but still firmly…
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The Chocolate Habanero is a brown-ripening, open-pollinated habanero listed by Holmes Seed at 425,000 to 575,000 SHU. The supplier describes a rich…
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The Caribbean Red Habanero registers 300,000 to 475,000 SHU - roughly 3x hotter than a standard classic orange habanero's fruity burn and nearly…
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The chocolate scotch bonnet is a deep brown variant of the classic Caribbean pepper, prized for its rich, smoky-sweet flavor and fierce heat. Grown…
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The Scotch bonnet is the defining chile of Caribbean cooking, and its tropical fruit character arrives before the burn does. At 100,000 to 350,000…
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The Congo Trinidad is a red, wrinkled C. chinense habanero type. Sellers report 150,000 to 300,000 SHU, but no public cultivar-specific laboratory…
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The Jamaican Hot Chocolate is a rare C. chinense variety from Jamaica, registering 100,000-200,000 SHU - roughly matching the extra hot. Its deep…
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The Bishop's Crown is a visually striking C. baccatum pepper from Barbados, shaped like a three-winged bishop's miter. It delivers 5,000 to 30,000…
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The rocotillo is a mild, scallop-shaped Caribbean pepper with almost no heat and a sweet, fruity flavor. Originating in the Caribbean and South…
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Aji Dulce is a mild Capsicum chinense seasoning pepper used in Puerto Rican, Dominican, Cuban, and Venezuelan-style cooking, commonly listed at 0 to…
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Trinidad Perfume is a yellow-ripening Capsicum chinense seasoning pepper sold for habanero-like aroma with little heat. Current seed listings place…
How we rank: Peppers of Caribbean origin, ranked by maximum SHU, hottest first. Scoville figures come from our pepper database, measured by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) where available. Individual pods vary with growing conditions, so ranges matter more than single numbers.