I've bought three different Carolina Reaper Powders from three different sellers, this is the third. This is the only one that has the heat I think it should. The others were hot but no more so than a poor Ghost Pepper Powder. I was looking for proper heat without having to use a ton of an expensive product, this covered both bases, something the others could not. This was the cheapest option with the biggest kick.

It's hard to trust hot sauce and hot chili powders these days. I call them WonderBra sauces - looks so promising, but discard the packaging and there is disappointment in store. Pictures of dragons, fire, skeletons, radioactive symbols... and yet the reality is more like a candle. I guess a candle is hot, but I want to feel the fires of hell when I see the devil on the package.

As the official Beer Spot & Grill Super Sunday Hot Wing Challenge Champion 2018, you must agree that I am indisputably well-placed to assess the heat of this particular powder.

The packaging features the grim reaper - a reference to the pure Carolina Reaper peppers contained therein. Upon sampling the powder, it was not the icy grip of death that I encountered, but a heat the likes of which I had never previously encountered from a chili powder. It was like french kissing Dhalsim as he performed the Yoga Flame.

A little mixed into my chicken and rice lunch added a major kick. Be very cautious with the volume you add, these guys aren't messing around.

This is amazing! This is my first time buying California Reaper Chilli powder so I cannot say if this is actually the Reaper but I know it is very good. First thing I did was smell it and it has a delicious, fresh tangy fruity smell. Next, I used a tiny amount, just a sprinkle, on my freekeh & beans and it was HOT! I do believe this is the real deal because of how hot it was compared to the tiny amount that I used. Definitely recommend.

It's HOT, very HOT, just the way I like it; however, one should tread lightly with this wicked powder. Whenever I sprinkle other spice powders I simply shake the container vigorously over the dish but not with this puppy --I highly recommend shaking gingerly and try to count the powder specks...

I used some on an avocado half, some homemade soup and on some 'barbacoa' (beef) tacos and the Reaper is a good compliment but not meant to be used generously unless one if fond of breathlessness or gastrointestinal malfunctions.

I recommend the buyer to first taste it by first licking one's index finger and sprinkling a bit of powder on it and then licking it off a bit at a time. I also having a glass of water nearby just in case.

I eat and cook with Serrano peppers all the time 'cause Jalapeños are too mild but I already know I won't ever eat/cook with Reapers on the same scale.

It's HOT, very HOT, just the way I like it; however, one should tread lightly with this wicked powder. Whenever I sprinkle other spice powders I simply shake the container vigorously over the dish but not with this puppy --I highly recommend shaking gingerly and try to count the powder specks...

I used some on an avocado half, some homemade soup and on some 'barbacoa' (beef) tacos and the Reaper is a good compliment but not meant to be used generously unless one if fond of breathlessness or gastrointestinal malfunctions.

I recommend the buyer to first taste it by first licking one's index finger and sprinkling a bit of powder on it and then licking it off a bit at a time. I also having a glass of water nearby just in case.

I eat and cook with Serrano peppers all the time 'cause Jalapeños are too mild but I already know I won't ever eat/cook with Reapers on the same scale.