How does peanut butter stop hiccups?

Chewing peanut butter and getting it off the teeth and tongue interrupts breathing and swallowing patterns, sometimes resulting in relief of hiccups, explains Reader’s Digest. A similar home remedy involves eating a spoonful of sugar to irritate the esophagus and cause a reset of the phrenic nerves.

Another home remedy for hiccups involves eating hot sauce, which is thought to work due to the burn and heat of the sauce distracting the hiccups sufferer, advises Reader’s Digest. Mixing a teaspoon of honey with warm water and applying it to the back of the tongue before swallowing it may also work to get rid of hiccups by tickling the vagus nerve.