Wildfire
At the last moment, I noticed that the peppers were falling to the ground because the stalk was withering away. Unfortunately, it was already too late at that point.
In the first split second of realization, there was no panic. I simply didn't think that anything would happen other than the peppers landing on the ground. However, there was a voice in the back of my mind that called me an idiot for thinking that way.
After all, they were the peppers that naturally turned any snow that touched it into water. Once put into a pool of ice-cold water, it heated it up fast enough to turn that water into steam.
Once put into a really large lizard, they essentially caused him to blow up entirely.
So why could I possibly think nothing would happen when the peppers touched the ground?
A clear sizzling sound filled the air.
The peppers landed on the ground.