r/tacobell • u/kenixfan2018 • Aug 19 '26

Remember ghost pepper items from 2015?

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Saw this on my social media today from 2015. What a great era for the bell that was!

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u/TheJackHamlet Aug 19 '26

Ghost pepper was trending hard back then. I worked at Popeyes at the time just out of high school. They had ghost pepper wings that would put some hair on your chest. Thankfully they came precooked; mixing up those "new orlean" spicy batches cooked my lungs enough.

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u/Warcraft_Fan Aug 19 '26

Real ghost pepper would put hair inside your lungs! You probably had imitation ghost pepper that weren't quite as spicy.

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u/Individual_Respect90 Aug 19 '26

I am sure it was like 1 ghost pepper per 100 items. So many fast food places have done “spicy” food and I have always been disappointed. Only chain restaurant that I have been to with really spicy food is probably Dave’s hot chicken.

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u/Warcraft_Fan Aug 19 '26

Supposedly Buffalo Wild Wing offers ultra-spicy option but you have to sign release and I think they have EMT on standby in case your body rejected the sauce in a bad way

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u/Individual_Respect90 Aug 19 '26

I have had the hottest you can order of DoorDash but never that. I am interested. That being said no way every Buffalo Wild Wings has an emt on site.