{"id":83,"date":"2026-06-13T10:43:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T10:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstlightchilli.co.uk\/shop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=83"},"modified":"2026-08-26T19:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T19:20:21","slug":"chocolate-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/firstlightchilli.co.uk\/shop\/?product=chocolate-apocalypse","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Apocalypse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" gs_sup_cit gs_sup_cit4\" tabindex=\"0\" data-priority=\"2\" data-hover-id=\"8\">\n<div class=\"gs_sm_cit\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"1 citation\">\n<div class=\"gs_sm_cit_dom\" data-friendly-url=\"amazon.co.uk\" data-sups=\"4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Chocolate Apocalypse chilli (often called <em>Apocalypse Scorpion Chocolate<\/em>) is another brutal \u201csuper\u2011hot\u201d pepper, very similar in intensity and appearance to the Carolina Reaper, but with its own darker, more sinister look.<\/p>\n<p>Colour: Ripens to a deep chocolate, brown (almost blackish in some lighting).<\/p>\n<p>Shape: Usually small to medium (around 5\u20136 cm \/ ~2\u20132.5 inches). Often irregular and lumpy, like other ultra\u2011hot chinense peppers.<\/p>\n<p>Texture: Very wrinkled, bumpy, and \u201cgnarly\u201da classic super\u2011hot look. Frequently ends in a curved \u201cscorpion\u201d tail\/stinger, similar to Reaper\u2011type peppers.<\/p>\n<p>It looks like a dark brown, crumpled chilli with a twisted surface and a pointed tail, giving it a pretty aggressive, almost \u201cmutant\u201d appearance.<\/p>\n<p>Typical range: ~1,200,000 to 1,600,000 SHU<\/p>\n<p>It firmly sits in the super\u2011hot category (well over 1 million SHU).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s broadly in the same league as the Carolina Reaper, though usually a bit lower on average.<\/p>\n<p>Species: Capsicum chinense (same family as Reaper, ghost pepper, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>Origin: bred in Italy, combining genetics from extremely hot types like Reaper, Moruga Scorpion, and ghost pepper strains.<\/p>\n<p>Flavour (before the burn):<\/p>\n<p>Slightly fruity and earthy<\/p>\n<p>Often described as smoky and rich due to the \u201cchocolate\u201d variant.<\/p>\n<p>builds quickly and intensely.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chocolate Apocalypse chilli (often called Apocalypse Scorpion Chocolate) is another brutal \u201csuper\u2011hot\u201d pepper, very similar in intensity and appearance to the Carolina Reaper, but with its own darker, more sinister look. Colour: Ripens to a deep chocolate, brown (almost blackish in some lighting). Shape: Usually small to medium (around 5\u20136 cm \/ ~2\u20132.5 inches). [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[18],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-83","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-fresh-chillies","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstlightchilli.co.uk\/shop\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstlightchilli.co.uk\/shop\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstlightchilli.co.uk\/shop\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstlightchilli.co.uk\/shop\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstlightchilli.co.uk\/shop\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstlightchilli.co.uk\/shop\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstlightchilli.co.uk\/shop\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=83"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstlightchilli.co.uk\/shop\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=83"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstlightchilli.co.uk\/shop\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}