--- title: World's Spiciest Chip: Paqui Carolina Reaper Tortilla Chip description: Looking to sample a food that has the ability to make you unwillingly weep in public? Try Paqui's new limited-edition Carolina Reaper chip. canonical: https://time.com/4502025/worlds-spiciest-chip-paqui-carolina-reaper/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-21T10:01:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:47.849Z og:title: The 'World's Spiciest Chip' May Make You Cry og:description: It's seasoned with Carolina Reaper pepper og:url: https://time.com/4502025/worlds-spiciest-chip-paqui-carolina-reaper/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7056432f43f03e44/6988a6eabc6cfc94253dea77/coffin-and-chip.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: coffin-and-chip og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The 'World's Spiciest Chip' May Make You Cry twitter:description: It's seasoned with Carolina Reaper pepper twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7056432f43f03e44/6988a6eabc6cfc94253dea77/coffin-and-chip.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The 'World's Spiciest Chip' May Make You Cry  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 21, 2016 10:01 AM CUT  Paqui's Carolina Reaper tortilla chip Paqui's Carolina Reaper tortilla chipZachary J Johnston  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 21, 2016 10:01 AM CUT Looking to sample a food that has the ability to make you unwillingly weep in public? Then Paqui’s new limited-edition Carolina Reaper tortilla [chip](http://time.com/4249709/salt-fat-overeating-sodium/ "undefined") should be your next [snack choice](http://time.com/4131577/weight-loss-snacks/?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28TIME%3A+Top+Stories%29 "undefined"). Dubbed the [world’s spiciest](http://time.com/3984274/spicy-food-chili-peppers/ "undefined"), the chip is seasoned with Carolina Reaper pepper — the [Guinness Book of World Records](http://time.com/4483079/guinness-world-records-2017-weirdest/ "undefined") holder for hottest chili pepper — and is sold individually in a coffin-shaped box. “The Paqui Carolina Reaper chip delivers such a gripping tidal wave of heat that people can only handle one chip,” a Paqui spokesman told TIME. Seemingly tame at first bite, the burn gradually builds to a crescendo that had TIME’s taste tasters racing to gulp down as many glasses of water as possible. But if you still want to experience the chip for yourself, it will be available for a limited time at [Paqui.com](http://paqui.com "undefined") starting in late September and at select stores nationwide starting Oct. 1 for $4.99. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4502025/worlds-spiciest-chip-paqui-carolina-reaper/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4502025/worlds-spiciest-chip-paqui-carolina-reaper/"},"headline":"The 'World's Spiciest Chip' May Make You Cry","datePublished":"2016-09-21T10:01:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:47.849Z","description":"It's seasoned with Carolina Reaper pepper","url":"https://time.com/4502025/worlds-spiciest-chip-paqui-carolina-reaper/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7056432f43f03e44/6988a6eabc6cfc94253dea77/coffin-and-chip.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7056432f43f03e44/6988a6eabc6cfc94253dea77/coffin-and-chip.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"coffin-and-chip","caption":"Paqui's Carolina Reaper tortilla chip","creditText":"Zachary J Johnston","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4502025/worlds-spiciest-chip-paqui-carolina-reaper/","name":"The 'World's Spiciest Chip' May Make You Cry"}}]}] ```