If chili cooking competitions and hot sauce festivals have taught us anything , it ’s that people love when their kickshaw bring the rut . The a la mode oblation in that family : the Carolina Reaper Madness chip , considered the savoury tortilla scrap in the man and said to be so hot that each package only contains a single Saratoga chip .
ThePaqui chipsproduct is individually wrap in red packaging that lark about an illustration of the Grim Reaper . To fill out the subject , the wrap chipping is then house in a red coffin - shaped cardboard .
" We ’re always front to drive the limit to find fun ways for our fans and consumer to engage with us , " Jeff Day , Brand Manager of Paqui Chips , told Mashable . " When we make up one’s mind that we wanted to make the humans ’s hottest chip , we first said , well , we need to discover the world ’s hottest black pepper . "
A individual poker chip might seem like a measly bite , but the troupe argues that most hoi polloi will have trouble even finishing it . As the name implies , the gamey flake stupefy its spiciness from the world ’s hottest pepper : the Carolina Reaper Pepper . These bright red , wrinkly peppers are so hot that they can lead to a boniface ofhealth problemslike vomiting , seizures , and shortness of breath . To add up to this gripe , the microchip also comes with ghost peppercorn and chipotle flavouring . The fiery concoction took Paqui Chips and Chef Smokin ' Ed Currie several month to hone .
" It ’s the hot chip you ’ll ever have , I can guarantee you that , " Currie said . " After you eat on that one chip , trust me , you ’re not search to dig back into the bag and have a second one . So , one chip is what we created to have the experience . "
If you ’d care to try the chip shot yourself , you may snag one for$4.99 on Paqui ’s website . The sellers commend that adventuresome eaters chase the chip with deoxyephedrine cream , milk , yoghourt , or beloved — water will just make it bad .
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