Extreme Candy -- Ghost Pepper Gummies

The Hottest Peppers on    
Earth...

These are ghost peppers, known in Asia as bhut jolokia. They are widely known as the hottest pepper in the world. Some varieties, such as the "chocolate" ghost pepper, and the Jamaican 3-Pot (named because just one can turn three big pots of stew fiery-hot), claim to be hotter, but the ghost pepper has a legitimate claim to "world's hottest pepper."
So it makes sense that the extreme candy with the reputation as the world's hottest uses the ghost pepper as a main ingredient. In fact, the featured sweet today is a candy version of the ghost pepper -- we're talking, kids, about the super-hot ghost pepper gummies marketed by the Sonoran Spice Company. These bad boys look a little like the actual bhut jolokia pepper, and they are technically candy, but they pack a serious capsaicin punch.

Packed in a styro "butcher's tray," ghost pepper gummies arrive with little fanfare. They're plain red gummie peppers, with no bells or whistles, or warning labels. But everything containing ghost peppers demands to be taken seriously! Try them first, before springing them on an unsuspecting friend.

There are other candies that use the ghost pepper as an ingredient, including some of the spiciest chocolate on the planet, and we'll talk about those in future posts.





You can buy ghost pepper gummies right here: GHOST PEPPER GUMMIES on AMAZON.