[1] Your first challenge: Open the locked box (photos #1 and #2 © M. Cacao).

[2] Dare you eat all eight? Or, invite a friend to compete: The box has two of each chile.

[3] Dante’s Inferno inspired this collection (photo © CGR Publishing).

This chile pepper challenge is NOT for the faint of heart. It’s a collection for those who love chocolate and foods with serious heat.

Bite by bite, you’ll follow Virgil through the nine circles of hell down to a whole new level of anguish: the tenth circle, which was lost for centuries and only discovered in 2012.

How hot is it? The box contains two layers of fresh, super-hot chile peppers enrobed in premium chocolate: Habanero, Ghost, Scorpion, and Carolina Reaper.

In fact, the box is wrapped in a lock and chain, so now one will accidentally have a bite.

The box, chain, and lock are all “keepers,” mementos of the recipient’s heroic chocolate chile challenge.

TIP: Dairy helps to tamp down the heat. For us, yogurt and cream cheese work best.

But check out these cheese and chocolate pairings.
 
 
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*The tenth circle of Hell is a long-lost canto in Dante’s Inferno, published in 1321. It was discovered in a manuscript in 2012 by archivists in Ravenna, Italy. Until then, the ninth circle was previously thought to be the lowest point of Hell. Each circle of Hell represents a different sin, such as lust, greed, wrath, and treachery. The ninth circle is called Judecca after Judas Iscariot, the apostle who betrayed Jesus. The last, tenth, canto describes the punishment of heretics. Here’s a synopsis of the ten circles of Hell.
 
 

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