Coming off at a whopping 1,400,00 – 2,200,000 units on the Scoville Scale, this pepper is no joke. Now that you’re somewhat educated of how the Scoville scale works, let’s get back to the One Chip Challenge.Īs previously stated, the Carolina Reaper is officially known as the hottest pepper on Earth. You might be questioning: “Why does this even exist?” To tell you why, it’s simply because this chemical was biologically created to prevent animals from eating the food. Used for calculating the “spiciness” of a pepper, the Scoville scale measures the number of heat units inside a pepper based off the concentration of capsaicin, which is a chemical compound primarily found in hot chili peppers. To remind you of how hot the Carolina Reaper pepper is, let me introduce to you the Scoville scale. The reactions you’ll see from the unfortunate ones who’ve attempted the challenge are totally real. Now that it’s back, spice monsters aren’t hesitating to give the challenge a go. Lyon created Paqui, which released the chip, but only for a limited amount of time. That’s right, the hottest pepper on Earth. In 2016, Doug Lyon wanted to create “the world’s hottest chip” by lacing it with Carolina Reaper peppers. Believe me when I tell you that it was not fun at all. That’s what I was thinking before I made the stupid decision to take a bite out of it. However, people tend to underestimate the power behind just 1 small chip. It’s a challenge where you’re supposed to eat an extremely spicy chip and try to survive for 1 hour without drinking anything, such as milk. "My Irish taste buds aren’t suited for such things.You’ve probably seen or heard of the recent “One Chip Challenge” trending on TikTok and YouTube. "I was merely in survival mode,” he said. Unable to describe the taste, Donovan instead recounted a burning sensation on his lips, searing pain in his mouth, near-instant heartburn, and a rash on his wrist that developed the second his skin made contact with the chip's “chili dust.” READ MORE: Most Passive-Aggressive Gift of the Season: Chocolate-Covered Carolina Reaper Peppers "Perhaps that’s because the inside of my mouth was on fire within seconds of eating it!" "I really can’t describe the chip’s taste,” Donovan wrote MUNCHIES on Tuesday. You've got to feel for Donovan, so cruelly reduced to the laughing stock of the internet. But I do think an exposure to spicy foods at a young age and throughout your life helps.” I think some watching thought I was implying that everyone who is Ethiopian or African automatically l oves spicy foods, which is of course not true. "This was one of the more controversial elements of the video. "I think I'm a lot more accustomed to spicy foods because, as I mentioned in the video, my family is Ethiopian, so I grew up eating a lot of spicy foods,” Solomon said. She’s found it pretty hilarious that so many have driven pleasure from watching Donovan suffer, which some have attributed to his melanin deficiency. READ MORE: A Dude Vaped the World's Hottest Pepper and Terrible Things Happened "I wouldn't exactly call it tasty, or something I'd reach for when looking for a snack, but the challenge was fun! It was so hot though-you could feel the burn in your throat and that wasn't a feeling I particularly enjoyed.” (Jeff Day, the Brand Manager for Paqui manufacturer Amply Snack Brands, commended Solomon for her "almost super-human spice tolerance.") "It tasted like a single chip with every spice you've ever tasted all thrown on there,” Solomon told MUNCHIES over email on Tuesday.
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