Wicked Reaper Carolina Reaper Chili Powder – 2 oz | Extreme Heat Dried Spice, 2.2 Million+ Scoville Heat Units | All-Natural Ghost Pepper Alternative

This Wicked Reaper Carolina Reaper Chili Powder is absolutely intense. The heat level is no joke—just a tiny pinch is enough to significantly spice up any dish. If you enjoy extreme heat, this definitely delivers. The powder is finely ground and mixes well into food like chili, soups, sauces, and marinades. The flavor comes through behind the heat, but the real focus here is the intensity, which is exactly what you’d expect from Carolina Reaper peppers. Because it’s so strong, the 2 oz container will last a long time since you only need a very small amount per use. It’s definitely not for casual spice eaters, but for heat enthusiasts, it’s perfect. Overall, this is a high-quality ultra-hot chili powder that lives up to its reputation. Great for anyone who wants to seriously turn up the heat in their cooking.

Halfway through my second bottle since 2019. As a guy who goes through the largest bottle of Tabasco I can buy at Walmart in approximately 5 weeks, that's a testament to the heat this powder represents. Think of it as the culinary spice version of fentanyl. A ridiculously small amount of this powder will produce an event in your mouth that does not seem reasonable for the amount of tiny particles of dust your eyes will perceive. I have produced something of a tolerance for the heat in this powder, and because of that I do tend to use a little more of it, well a lot more of it, than I used to. It's wonderfully hot, adaptable to all kinds of foods, has a bit of a sweet Carolina reaper pepper flavor. From my perspective used in small quantities it has no negative impact on just about anything I've tried it with. I have never been able to determine much of a smell because to even attempt to smell this product is not something I would recommend anybody ever attempt, under any circumstances, ever. Its impact on your ocular and olfactory senses as well as the outer layer of your skin speaking in dermatological terms, should also be taken very, very serious. It's hot enough to make a friend become an enemy should you not provide sufficient warning and treat it with the care it so richly deserves. I'm sure there are hotter powders out there, but not many. And I'm also assuming there's not very many with over 3,000 active reviews like this product. My fear is that at some point we're going to have to sign a waiver to purchase it, as it is unlike anything like you're going to buy at the average grocery store - I'm willing to promise you that. Do not under any circumstances assume this is going to be similar to anything else you've ever used if you have no experience with niche Carolina reaper powders - of which there seems to be more and more. I've had few experiences now where I feel like maybe I should have people sign a waiver of responsibility before I allow them to test it. I normally have to be the one to offer to sprinkle what seems like an absurdly small amount of these tiny orangish or red particles on somebody's food -before I allow them to touch the bottle and do their own application. I've experienced people accidentally sniffing it as it's being poured by somebody else a foot away, I've experienced people accidentally getting this underneath their eyes, on their forehead, under their nose and on their cheeks and other parts of their body. It's not a good idea to use it on a sandwich where it can get onto your fingers where you might wipe your mouth or nose or any other exposed part of your body. I've experienced all of the above multiple times and have become accustomed to the process of waiting for the burn to subside. In or around the eyes is by far the most annoying and painful FYI. I discovered this back in mid-2019 while having pizza with a group of landscape workers. I asked them if they had any kind of hot sauce and one of them went and pulled out Reaper from his personal kit, and I watched his co-workers all getting ready to laugh uproariously at my demise. Now, in that instance I did use too much thankfully, because the whole point was to watch me suffer. When I ended up expressing fascination and joy at discovering this powder they were disappointed. I purchased it that very day on Amazon and have never looked back. This has a place high in my kitchen cupboards where no children can get to it but it is on my table at least four times a week. A truly versatile and awesome addition to pretty much anything you would enjoy with salt if you're a spice lover. I can't think of very many things I haven't tasted with this, and I typically add it just to give myself the heat I seek even with meals that are already hot.

This is legit extreme hot pepper. Is it Reaper? Who knows, but it very well could be. I've had it a few weeks, and it will definitely boost the heat of whatever you're cooking. I make my own hot sauces and my peppers weren't quite hot enough from the garden this year. A 1/8 teaspoon of this mixed in when I open a new jar of sauce, and it gives the sauce just the right amount of kick. I'm going to buy new seeds for next year, but this Reaper powder saved the sauce that I put up (around 20 pints). It's a great value considering what it takes to make a jar of Reaper powder. Warning, the heat level is no joke, you have to respect it, or it'll get you. Update: Five years later and I still haven't finished my first bottle. It takes so little to turn whatever spicy food you're eating to scorching hot. I will admit that I don't use it every day, but still, it has lasted a long time and still tastes great. This is a high quality product and well worth it.

As I've eaten spicier and spicier foods, I've encountered an increasing problem with the hot sauces I was using to make them spicy also making them far too bitter or vinegary. Reaper powder is a quantum leap forward for me. I can now make things incredibly spicy without ruining their flavor. However, while I've always just wanted to make my food hotter without altering the flavor profile, I will say that the burn of reaper powder does seem a bit flat to me. It seems to hit the center of my tongue a bit less and just generally have a less rounded taste. Even alone, it's still better than the alternatives, but I have taken to adding some Melinda's Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce (which I find too mild and vinegary to be of much use on its own) to my food as well, to give the spiciness body. I've only tried one other brand of reaper powder, which was roughly on par with this one in terms of the actual powder, but the sprinkle applicator is better on this one. With the other product, I was often intermittently sneezing and coughing for a minute or two after using it. Maybe the holes were too small or something, and the powder was getting aerosolized, but even though I usually couldn't even smell it, it was obviously irritating my nose and causing that annoying reaction. You still want to be a bit careful using this bottle, tapping rather than shaking the powder out, but I don't usually have any problems sneezing or coughing at all. Overall? This stuff is fantastic. Highly recommend.

Tobasco Sauce and Cayenne Pepper does not work. Red Chili Flakes do not work. Mint oil does not work. Squirrels keep coming back and dissemate your bird feed. Squirrels are curious, persistent problem solvers and if they want your bird feed they are going to get it. After endless internet searches and trying all sorts of methods for keeping squirrels away from my bird food I have figured out a solution. Squirrels and deer, like most mammals, have tongues that are sensitive to chilis. Bird tongues are not affected by chilis. I have used this solution for whole peanuts in the shell and for striped sunflower seed. 1. In a tupperware container add desired amount of bird feed. 2. Lightly sprinkle a few drops food grade oil to your bird feed. (I use both olive and canola oil.) 3. Shake bird feed in sealed tupperware vigorously to coat bird feed with oil. 4. Now for the good part - Sprinkle "Carolina Reaper Powder" over bird feed. 5. Shake bird feed in sealed tupperware until chili powder is dusted evenly over bird feed. (Add more oil, if necessary, for powder to stick.) 6. Feed your birds. Observations and Suggestions: Carolina Reaper Chilis are the hottest chilis in the world so be careful. Wash your hands after this process and "DO NOT RUB YOUR EYES" with your hands or fingers. My goal is to deter squirrels without harming them. I've read accounts of squirrels clawing their eyes out with similar methods so proceed with caution. The amount of chili powder that's needed will be trial and error. My method is after I've sprinkled my whole peanuts with the chili powder I a put a peanut in my own mouth to gage its effectiveness. (Of course, with a large glass of milk nearby.) Not much of the Carolina Reaper Powder is needed to create an intolerable heat. This makes using the powder fairly cost effective. I was excited to see what would happen with the squirrels. Several squirrels would eat my peanuts in minutes and leave nothing for my blue jays, grackles, woodpeckers, or cardinals. They would watch me from afar and as soon as I would put my bird feed out they would pounce. So here is what happened when I dusted my peanuts with the Chili Reaper Powder... The squirrels cavalierly came prancing up to my peanut feeder, giving me the evil eye, of course. A wry smile came upon my face. Then the alpha squirrel took the first peanut as always. Almost immediately I could see a puzzled look on his face. Then he dropped the peanut and and shook his head violently as he ran as fast as he could. The other squirrels got scared and followed. Was I bit worried that I might have harmed the squirrel? Sure I was but only time would tell. It was early evening when I first used this chili method so I did not see the squirrels for the rest of the evening. Even the birds were put off by what they had seen and did not eat any peanuts for the rest of that evening. The next morning, however, all of my peanuts were gone. I could tell they were eaten by birds and not by squirrels because the squirrels always discard the shells nearby. There were no shells to be seen. Even so, the squirrels came back the next afternoon. I was glad to see that the alpha squirrel had not clawed his eyes out. This time, however, he was far more cautious. I could see him on top of the peanuts sniffing the chili powder, trying to decide whether or not to take another peanut. He did not. His partner then had her turn. She too sniffed the peanuts and walked away. Then there were a couple of squirrels I had not seen before. They immediately took the peanuts in their mouth and just like the first squirrel violently reacted to the chili powder, dropped the peanuts and ran away. So far, so good! My method is working. I hope this method will work for you too. Please, try and it out and report your findings here. I am also curious to see if this will work with deer. Good luck. Update: April 18th, 2020. I have been using Wicked Reaper for 7 months now to deter the squirrels. I sprinkle the powder onto my whole peanuts almost every day and this little jar has lasted this long. I am thrilled. Every once in a while I will see how long it takes for the squirrels come back when I don't use the powder. Two days is the maximum and when the squirrels do come back they decimate the un-Wicked peanuts in minutes. What this tells me is that the squirrels always have their eyes and, most importantly, their noses on the lookout. They are constantly on survelleince. (Smart little buggers.) Sometimes I see them come around and from about 3 feet away the squirrels sniff the air. They can always smell the Wicked Reaper powder and then they run away. I've learned how much powder to sprinkle on my peanuts so that it is barely enough to deter the squirrels. Every once in awhile a hungry squirrel will snatch a peanut but that's O.K. with me. I actually like squirrels and think they are adorable. My only issue was that I was putting out the peanuts for the blue jays and the squirrels were eating them like hotcakes and not leaving anything for the birds. Now the birds are happy and occasionally a squirrel will get a peanut too. All is well in the Garden of Eden thanks to Wicked Reaper Carolina Reaper Chili Pepper.

Not bad, but definitely NOT what I expected. It tastes a lot like the flavoring used in nacho cheese sauce - not my thing - when tried straight. Luckily, when used as an additive to say a burrito, it does not change the flavor much. As for the burn 🔥, yeah it's there but for me it was a bit of a letdown. You definitely feel that lovely burning tingle in your lips and tongue, but it was not as intense as I was expecting nor did the burn last very long. I expected to finally meet my match but honestly the Wicked Tickle Black Skull ghost pepper seasoning was every bit as hot as this and tastes WAAAAY better. Of course, in retrospect, after using the Wicked Tickle Black Skull for a while (it took 3 years to use it up), I already knew to use it VERY sparingly so the heat and flavor doesn't overwhelm, so.... Really, a LITTLE bit goes a LOOOOOONG way. For those who care, the packaging was typical of a seasoning bottle and perfectly adequate. UPDATE: WARNING: Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should you use this while cooking in a skillet or on a grill indoors. If you want to season a steak or something with this, I suggest 1) outdoor grill only and 2) wear goggles and respirator. NOT KIDDING. My son decided to put this on a couple of steaks... we just spent the last hour ventilating the house. It woke all the kids up with coughing and gagging fits - they were upstairs almost as far away as they could be in a 3500sf home....

I know most people use this purely for spice, but the pepper genuinely doesn't taste bad. I've always hated when spicy hot sauces taste awful, but adding this stuff to mayo left a nice sweet flavour. If you get this, try a TINY bit on a toothpick or chopstick, just to get a ballpark. I would also recommend removing the shaker part, so you can scoop measured amounts rather than subject yourself to unintentional purgatory. Seriously, respect the powder. Pictured is how much I used in ~2tbsp mayo, paper clip for scale. Edit: I cannot stress how important it is to measure this powder. You must never estimate it, or you will create eldritch horrors not suitable for a mortal palate. Today, I made curry for dinner, at least that's what I think it is. In addition to my regular spices, along with a good ingredient base, I reached for the carolina reaper powder. No big deal, I had put it in a few things, so I can eyeball the amount I add in, right? A blunder to pain 26 generations before me. A light dusting, nothing more. I was adding it to a whole pan of curry, after all. I was in control, yet it was already too late. I mixed the mistake deep within my meal, and finally tasted it. Pain. It was not entirely devoid of flavour, as if the curry remembered at the last second, that it included more than just searing hurt. It needed not to be chewed, the lumps of resonant vegetable shapes scarred me before I could drop my spoon in agony. Oh, the woe I feel, wishing I could travel backward and warn my naive, innocent past. If only I sampled it, if only before I called upon Satan himself to infest my dish with the sorrow of 1,000 tortured souls. If only I measured, I wouldn't have subjected myself to 12 portions of frozen purgatory. Never did I think I would have my last meal, let alone with the meal being the one to snuff my flame. Quite dismally, I hunger evermore, so I subject myself further to the river Styx sludge. I can't bring myself to discard it, when it stares at me so. Bite after bite, it brands my tongue, as if to teach me never to sully its name. My stomach screams, I hear its muffled cries, and yet I only suppress it further, burdening my digestive tract time and time again. It hurts, I've done nothing but anger my guts. They will retaliate, no doubt. Though I am prepared, I am sure to experience a new kind of hell. This may be my final message, for I fear mountains of antacid shan't shield my mouth from the vengeful cud sent to end me. I may perish fore the morn, and the portions I leave in my freezer bode no pleasantries or good greetings, I'm certain. I must depart, to send well wishes and last goodbyes to my next of kin, for they shall be burdened beyond comprehension with the deposits of Tartarus I bequeath. 10/10 would highly recommend

To cut to the chase: The heat is about as spicy as the spiciest thing you can imagine. We sort of hit a ceiling for pain sensation at a certain level. The difference at these levels, however, is how long it lasts. You will feel this for up to an hour if you have it in enough concentration. Parts of you that you didn't think could taste "spice" you'll notice will be able to "taste" spice. Ever had the roof of your mouth burning from spice? How about your teeth?? The oils this stuff secretes can occasionally seep into your gums and you'll have fun new sensations. Not crazy painful, but definitely surprising. If you have enough of this in concentration while swallowing something, it's like a tactile X-ray of your throat and esophagus made of heat. I'm a masochist so all of this is my jam. I use spice to wake myself up in the morning. I've been doing this for years, every morning. I started out using crushed red pepper, then I ended up just wasting too many jars of it as my tolerance for spice continued to increase. Then I added cayenne pepper to the mix, and that's pretty much just a good flavor at this point. Now I have this stuff. What started out as only a pinch on my bagels each morning for a long-lasting heat has turned into me sprinkling this stuff on my bagels like I started years ago with crushed red pepper. The heat is brutal and I basically combine it with cayenne to get the flavor more towards one that I like. I'm not the biggest fan of the habanero/ghost pepper flavor, but it is absolutely an accurate flavor of Capsicum chinense. My ambivalence to the flavor has nothing to do with the quality of the product itself, though. I realize that my options at this level of heat are very limited, so I'll take what I can get. If I run out of this stuff, which, to my surprise, I might indeed be doing in a few months, I'll probably be purchasing another one. It's the only thing I have when it comes to extreme levels of spice. If you acclimate to this stuff, though (which you will, if you're having it daily in increasing quantities) be very mindful of using it around others. What might be a mild smell you will make the eyes of others water and turn the area around to into an eye irritation hazard. Be very careful in regularly using this stuff. It will completely offset your tolerance to spice and it might take a few months of not using it to get back to baseline.

Estoy acostumbrado a el picante, sin embargo, a la mala aprendi a tenerle mucho respeto a este. Debes medir muy bien cuanto le echas a la comida. No es sabroso, porque difícilmente se percibe sabor. Debido a su grado de picor y que no se percibe sabor, me ha parecido una excelente opción para comida a la que no quiero cambiarle su sabor o hacer mas picosas las salsas.