# Naga Brain Chocolate

Also known as Naga Brain Chocolate, Chocolate NagaBrain, Naga Brains Chocolate, Naga Brain Choc.
Species: Capsicum chinense.

Naga Brain Chocolate is a Capsicum chinense selection from Florida, United States. Capsi’s sourced range is 900,000–1,700,000 SHU (Vendor Claim). Flavor is sweet, fruity, floral, smoky. Used for Used sparingly in hot sauces, chili powders and flakes, Indian curries, stews, marinades. Heat is a range, not a single marketing number.
About 40 times a Capsi Jalapeño (25,086 SHU typical).

## Heat sources

- 1,000,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Tyler Farms
  https://www.tyler-farms.com/chocolate-naga-brain-pepper-seeds/

- 1,000,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  (2017) The Hippy Seed Company
  https://thehippyseedcompany.com/product/chocolate-naga-brain/

- 1,000,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Unique Creek Homestead
  https://www.uniquecreekhomestead.com/product-page/naga-brain-chocolate-pepper-seeds-super-hot-1-million-scoville

- 1,200,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Livingseeds
  https://www.livingseeds.co.za/vegetable-seeds/peppers-chillies/extreme-peppers/naga-brain-chocolate.html

- 900,000–1,200,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  (2025) ChilliStuffs
  https://www.chillistuffs.co.za/product/naga-brains-chocolate-chilli/

- 1,200,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Tyler Farms
  https://www.tyler-farms.com/chocolate-naga-brain-pepper-seeds/

- 1,700,000 SHU · Vendor Claim
  Livingseeds
  https://www.livingseeds.co.za/vegetable-seeds/peppers-chillies/extreme-peppers/naga-brain-chocolate.html

## Heritage

Selection

Naga Brain Chocolate is a selection of Naga Brain.

Credit: Todd Warosh · 2013

Parent:
- [Naga Brain](https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/naga-brain)

Montcalm’s 2016 write-up and Hippy Seed’s 2017 account both name Todd Warosh’s 2013 plant as the canonical chocolate off Naga Brain, itself an accidental Dorset Naga × 7 Pot Brain Strain. Catalogs still sell the line as F6 and only semi-stable.

## Page sources

- [Gary Montcalm’s 2016 first-hand history of Naga Brain and the Tmudder chocolate selection](https://thehotpepper.com/threads/windchicken-2016.58659/page-9)
- [The Hippy Seed Company pod test and origin account matching Montcalm’s write-up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fy5kwaHpKQ)
- [Seed catalog: ~1,000,000 SHU, 3.5 × 2.5 cm pods, plant height, flavor, F6 generation](https://thehippyseedcompany.com/product/chocolate-naga-brain/)
- [Grower catalog: appearance, flavor, culinary uses, full sun and moderate watering](https://www.uniquecreekhomestead.com/product-page/naga-brain-chocolate-pepper-seeds-super-hot-1-million-scoville)
- [Livingseeds listing: Capsicum chinense, 1,200,000 SHU estimate, sweet-fruity-floral Naga flavor](https://www.livingseeds.co.za/naga-brain-chocolate.html)
- [Growing numbers: germination 10–14 days, harvest 100–120 days after transplant, average difficulty](https://scovillerepublic.com/product/naga-brain-chocolate/)

## FAQ
### How hot is Naga Brain Chocolate?

Capsi’s sourced range is 900,000–1,700,000 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 Naga Brain Chocolate taste like?

Sweet Naga flavor up front, then fruity and lightly floral, with earthy-smoky chocolate notes and little bitterness. Heat arrives fast and dominates after a few seconds.

### How do I grow Naga Brain Chocolate?

Naga Brain Chocolate: about 110 days to maturity, subtropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.

### What can I substitute for Naga Brain Chocolate?

7 Pot Douglah, Chocolate Ghost Pepper, Moruga Scorpion Chocolate

Page: https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/chocolate-naga-brain
Catalog: https://web.thecapsi.app/data