Apollo

The Apollo Pepper is an extremely hot hybrid chili pepper created by Ed Currie of the Puckerbutt Pepper Company, who also developed its parent peppers: the Carolina Reaper and Pepper X. It combines the fruity sweetness of the Carolina Reaper with the earthy tones of Pepper X, resulting in a unique and powerful flavor profile. In terms of heat, the Apollo Pepper is blisteringly intense, with a Scoville Heat Unit (SHU) rating estimated between 2,500,000 and 3,000,000, making it one of the hottest peppers in the world. This heat level surpasses that of the Carolina Reaper (1.4 to 2.2 million SHU) and is roughly three times hotter than the ghost pepper. Its heat is described as a slow-building, head-consuming fire that lasts several minutes.