How hot are chocolate habaneros?
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Chocolate habaneros are hotter than regular habaneros? They are. In terms of the Scoville scale, chocolate habaneros tend to hit around 425,000 – 577,000 Scoville heat units. That can easily be double the heat of a regular habanero.
Moreover, how hot is a habanero?
Habaneros range from 100,000 to 350,000 Scoville heat units, placing them squarely in the upper reaches of the Scoville scale, right below the super-hot peppers. Let's put this another way – the hottest habanero would be 140 times hotter than the mildest jalapeño.
Regarding this, how hot is a chocolate pepper?
While a range of heat (typical for chilies) has not been established, the Chocolate Bhutlah tops out at around 2,000,000 Scoville heat units (SHU). That's hot.
If comparing the mildest orange habanero to the hottest possible Caribbean red, the red can be four times hotter easily. Compared to our jalapeño reference point, that's 35 to 178 times hotter than a jalapeño.