# Apollo Pepper

Also known as Apollo chili pepper, Apollo superhot.
Species: Capsicum chinense.

Apollo Pepper is a Capsicum chinense stabilized from South Carolina, United States. Capsi’s sourced range is 3,000,000 SHU (Vendor Claim). Flavor is fruity, earthy, sweet. Used for hot sauces, spicy challenges, extreme heat applications. Heat is a range, not a single marketing number.
About 120 times a Capsi Jalapeño (25,086 SHU typical).

## Heat sources

- 3,000,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Hot Ones
  https://hotones.com/products/the-last-dab-apollo-hot-ones-hot-sauce

- 2,500,000–3,000,000 SHU · Unverified
  (2022) Chili Pepper Madness
  https://www.chilipeppermadness.com/chili-pepper-types/apollo-pepper/

- 3,180,000 SHU · Unverified
  PepperScale
  https://pepperscale.com/apollo-pepper/

## Heritage

Stabilized

Apollo Pepper is a stabilized line from Carolina Reaper and Pepper X.

Credit: Ed Currie, PuckerButt Pepper Company · 2020

Parents:
- [Carolina Reaper](https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/carolina-reaper)
- [Pepper X](https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/pepper-x)

PuckerButt’s own sauce page names Carolina Reaper and Pepper X as the strains behind Apollo. A same-week 2020 Heatsupply write-up calls it that hybrid. Seeds stay private; no GRIN or institute file.

## Page sources

- [Official PuckerButt Pepper Company page on Apollo Pepper breeding, flavor, and The Last Dab: Apollo sauce](https://puckerbuttpeppercompany.com/products/the-last-dab-apollo)
- [Heatonist official product page detailing Apollo Pepper and sauce ingredients/heat profile](https://heatonist.com/products/the-last-dab-apollo-hot-sauce)
- [PepperScale Apollo Pepper Guide](https://pepperscale.com/apollo-pepper/)
- [Chili Pepper Madness Apollo Pepper profile](https://www.chilipeppermadness.com/chili-pepper-types/apollo-pepper/)

## FAQ
### How hot is Apollo Pepper?

Capsi’s sourced range is 3,000,000 SHU (Vendor Claim). Capsi uses a sourced range and a trust tier, not a single marketing number. How we verify heat: https://web.thecapsi.app/learn/heat-and-capsaicin/how-we-measure-heat

### What does Apollo Pepper taste like?

A combination of sweet and earthy flavors with fruity undertones from its Carolina Reaper parentage and earthier notes from Pepper X.

### How do I grow Apollo Pepper?

Apollo Pepper: about 100 days to maturity, subtropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.

### What can I substitute for Apollo Pepper?

Capsi does not have that recorded yet.

Page: https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/apollo-pepper
Catalog: https://web.thecapsi.app/data