Viral trends and Gen Z's love of spice have inspired new menu items at fast-food chains. Popeyes and Subway recently launched their own takes on a ghost-pepper sandwich. I tried both and thought they ...

This pepper-shaped addition to the Flamin’ Hot family is the hottest one yet. Courtesy of Cheetos Cheetos Flamin’ Hot snacks are having a bit of a moment this summer, from the movie inspired by their ...

In 2007 the ghost pepper, or Naga Bhut Jolokia, was declared the hottest pepper in the world by Guinness World Records after one weighed in at over a million Scoville heat units. (It’s still the ...

Popeyes is coming in hot this new year with the return of Ghost Pepper Wings and wing deals (um yes, please!). No disrespect to the Popeyes Chicken Sandwich, but wings just hit different, and wings ...

Just a few bites of one of the world’s hottest peppers has been known to send tasters to the hospital. But one competitive eater recently chomped his way to infamy by consuming 13 esophagus-burning, ...

What’s scarier than a ghost? How about a ghost pepper burger on an orange bun? Burger King has you covered. The Florida-based fast food chain is celebrating Halloween with a limited edition burger — ...

I’m not sure when it happened or why, but the ghost pepper — that sucker punch from Mother Nature — has become the fast-food industry’s favorite kick in the teeth. A number of food cultures have a ...

(NEWSER) – The ghost pepper is one of the world's hottest peppers, with a Scoville rating of more than a million. So it might follow that you shouldn't ingest it in more than tiny quantities. And yet, ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF / CBS NEWS) -- A Bay Area man who ate one of the world's hottest peppers landed himself in the hospital with a 1-inch hole in his esophagus that nearly killed him. The ...