Carolina Reaper - Hot Peppers Royalty-Free Stock Image

This is the Carolina Reaper - hot pepper. As of 2016, this was the hottest pepper in the world, with a Scoville maximum rating of almost 2.2 million. This is a super sweet pepper, with such an amazing flavor. The tail tastes like a nectarine, but just a few centimeters up from the tail, the pain begins.