Saavyseeds Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Hot Pepper Seeds - 35 Count - World's Hottest Pepper! Trinidad Scorpion Moruga was the world's hottest chilli pepper as of February 2012. The Trinidad Scorpion Moruga has rated up as high as 2,009,231 SHU on the Scoville scale, making it one of the hottest chili peppers's in the world. Aside from the heat, the Trinidad moruga scorpion has a tender fruit-like flavor, which makes it a sweet-hot combination.[4] The pepper can be grown from seeds in most parts of the world. Trinidad moruga scorpion as the hottest chili in the world, with a mean heat of more than 1.2 million Scoville heat units (SHUs) and individual plants with a heat of more than 2 million SHUs.