COBRA CHILLI: Carolina Reaper Chilli Mash Extreme | Extreme Heat Chilli Mash | 150ml

For cooks who want the raw ingredient, not the finished sauce

This isn't a table sauce — it's the Carolina Reaper itself, mashed at 85% with just 15% white distilled vinegar for preservation. No tomato, no sugar, no fillers, nothing softening the blow. Cobra Chilli built this for serious home cooks and pitmasters who want to build their own heat into a dish from the ground up, using one of the hottest chillies on the planet as a raw ingredient.

Handle with care: this is a genuinely extreme, concentrated raw chilli product. Wear gloves when handling it, keep it away from your eyes, and use a small amount at a time — a teaspoon goes a very long way.

The flavour

Pure Carolina Reaper, unmasked — fruity and slightly sweet on the very front of the palate, the way the Reaper's genetics show through before the heat lands. Then the heat arrives fast and builds hard, a long, punishing burn with an earthy, chilli-forward character underneath. The vinegar is there purely to preserve, not to soften — this tastes like concentrated chilli, full stop.

How to use the mash

• Stir a small spoonful into curries or soups as you build them from scratch, rather than adding heat at the table
• Rub sparingly into meat before a long smoke, working it into the surface like a paste
• Blend into softened butter for a custom chilli butter, or infuse into oil for a chilli oil with real backbone
• Add to a homemade hot sauce or marinade base as your heat component instead of dried chilli flakes

In the jar

A thick, deep red mash with visible chilli flesh and seed throughout — a true paste consistency, not pourable, exactly as a pure chilli mash should be.

Ingredients & Dietary

Ingredients: Fresh Carolina Reaper Chilli (85%), White Distilled Vinegar (15%)

Dietary: Gluten friendly (only two ingredients, no gluten source present) — always check the physical label. This is a concentrated raw product: a little goes a very long way.

The Rub Hub Verdict

This is as close to the raw Carolina Reaper as you can get in a jar — no dilution, no dressing it up, just the chilli. Respect it, wear gloves, start small, and let it do the heavy lifting in your next curry, rub or chilli oil. Shop the full Cobra Chilli range