The Chimayo is another New Mexico chile, but it is a unique one. It is not commercially mass produced, but is more commonly grown in individual homes and gardens, making them unpredictable and un-conforming, in a good way.
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Chipotle Pepper: Smoked, Dried Jalapeno
A chipotle pepper is a smoked, dried jalapeno. As they turn red on the vine, they are plucked and smoked until dried, turning them into chipotle peppers. Learn all about them.
Chocolate 7-Pot Chili Pepper
From Trinidad, an island just northeast of Venezuela, the 7-Pot is a Caribbean chile. It’s similar in shape to the Habanero and has similar “pimpling” to other super hot peppers, like the Naga Morich.
Chocolate Bhutlah
Do not let the name fool you - the Chocolate Bhutlah is nothing close to being a dessert dream. It is, in fact, one of the hottest peppers on the planet. Let’s learn a little more about this tempting devil.
Chocolate Habanero Chili Peppers
The Chocolate Habanero, also known as “Congo Black” or “Black Habanero,” is one of the hottest peppers originating from the Caribbean. It ripens to a beautiful chocolate brown and delivers searing heat.
Corno di Toro Chili Peppers
The Corno di Toro pepper is an Italian sweet pepper. It's name literally translates to "horn of the bull", or "bull's horn", so named because of it's shape. It is also sometimes referred to as "Cowhorn" pepper.
Corno di Toro Giallo Pepper
A mild and sweet multi-purpose chili pepper ideal for many types of cooking. Use them in place of bell peppers in the Cajun Holy Trinity (bell peppers, onion, celery), for stuffed pepper recipes, roasting and grilling, or simply eating raw.
Coronado Chili Peppers
Originally from South America, the Coronado Pepper grows to 4” long and 2” wide with thin, waxy skin and flavor of pear and berries. Enjoyed fresh or dried.
Cowhorn Chili Peppers: Good Heat, Big Pepper
Cowhorn peppers are long, fairly thick-walled chili peppers that are shaped a bit like cow horns, hence the name. They are very large peppers in general, growing up to ten inches long, though the pods thin and curvy, very much like a large cayenne pepper.
Cubanelle Pepper: All About Them
The Cubanelle Pepper is considered a sweet pepper, though it can have a touch of heat. It is a light green pepper used in general cooking. Learn more about the pepper here, including heat levels, flavor, cooking tips and Cubanelle pepper substitutes.
Dagger Pod Chili Peppers - Cayenne Type
The "Dagger Pod" is a hot cayenne chili pepper that grows to 4-5 inches long by 1/2 to 3/4 inches wide. It is a long, thin, and pointy, somewhat resembling a dagger - pendant shaped.
Datil Pepper: Fiery Chili from St. Augustine
The datil pepper is a fiery chili produced mainly in St. Augustine, Florida. The pods are smallish and yellow-orange when mature. They reach up to 300,000 Scoville Heat Units.
Devil's Tongue Pepper: All About Them
The Devil’s Tongue pepper is a spicy hot chili pepper with a sweet, fruity flavor. It is similar in heat to the Fatalii or habanero, and was discovered in Pennsylvania.
Diablo Grande Chili Peppers
The Diablo Grande comes from the same group that includes jalapenos, poblanos, cayenne, and Serrano peppers. The fruits of this chile start out yellow-green and ripen to red, with a narrow crescent-shape and somewhat thick flesh.
Dolmalik Chili Pepper
The Dolmalik is an heirloom Ancho type pepper from Turkey. It has a rich smoky sweet flavor. Peppers ripen from light green to a reddish brown.
Dorset Naga: Superhot Pepper with Great Flavor
The Dorset Naga pepper is one of the hottest peppers in the world, ranging as high at 1.5 million Scoville Heat Units. It is originally from Bangladesh.
Doux des Landes Chili Pepper
The Doux des Landes pepper is a sweet pepper that resembles a long and twisted Cayenne chili pepper. Learn more about this wonderful pepper.
Dragon’s Breath Pepper (Superhot Chili)
The Dragon's Breath pepper is claimed to be one of the hottest chili peppers in the world with a reported 2.48 million Scoville heat units. Learn more about it here. Scoville Heat Units (SHU): 2,480,000 When it comes to superhot chili peppers, one thing is certain - they just keep getting hotter and hotter. Chili...
Dundicut Chili Peppers
Dundicut Chili Peppers are small, round chili peppers from Pakistan grow to about ½ inch to 1 inch in diameter, and are dark red in color.
Elephant's Ear Chili Pepper
Also known as Slonovo Uvo. The Elephant's Ears is a rare large sweet Paprika type from Croatia. The name is derived from the shape, as the pepper flattens when fully grown and resembles the shape of an elephant's ear.
Espanola Chili Peppers
The espanola pepper is a cross between New Mexican chilies, including the Sandia pepper, and first appeared in the 1980s. Learn more about them.
Espelette Peppers (a.k.a. Piment d'Espelette)
The Espelette peppers, also known as Piment d'Espelette, are chili peppers cultivated in the French commune of Espelette, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. It is mildly hot, measuring up to 4,000 Scoville Heat Units.
Fatalii Chili Peppers
The Fatalii pepper is a very hot chili pepper originating from central and southern Africa, similar to a habanero in flavor and heat. Learn more about it.
Fish Peppers
Fish peppers are somewhat rare chili peppers of medium heat with fruity, tangy flavor once popular in the American Atlantic region, though they are making a comeback. Learn more about them.
Fresno Pepper - Much Like a Jalapeno
The Fresno pepper looks and tastes much like a jalapeno, but slightly hotter. Fresno peppers mature from green to red as they grow, and increase in heat. Learn more from Chili Pepper Madness.
Frontera Sweet Peppers
Scoville Heat Units: 0-1,000 SHU (or less) Capsicum chinense The Frontera Sweet Pepper is a variety found at Frontera on the island of El Hierro and brought to the chili pepper community by Peter Merle, a grower living in the Canary Islands. The peppers look very much like Scotch Bonnet peppers with a globe shape...
Gatherer's Gold Chili Pepper
The Gatherer's Gold chili pepper is horn-shaped pepper that ripens to a beautiful orange-gold color. It is a chick walled pepper with a sweet flavor and very few seeds. It is an Italian sweet pepper and ideal for frying, though it is also excellent roasted or raw.
Giant Szegedi Chili Pepper
The Giant Szegedi sweet pepper is originally from Hungary. It is a heart-shaped pepper that starts out whitish-yellow then ripens through orange to red when fully ripe, where it is at its sweetest.
Gibralta / Spanish Naga Chili Peppers
The Gibralta Naga, or Spanish Naga, is of course grown in Spain, but was developed in the UK from Indian chili peppers. It beat out the Bhut Jolokia for hottest pepper, but was soon overtaken. As they are grown, they are stressed by creating a hot environment, which helps to make the chiles extremely hot.
Guajillo Pepper: a Favorite Mexican Pepper
The guajillo pepper is a beloved pepper used in Mexican cuisine. It is the dried form of the mirasol chili pepper, second in popularity only to the ancho, offering sweet flavor and mild-medium heat.
Guindilla Pepper - All About Them
The Guindilla chili pepper is grown and processed in the Basque region of Spain. It is narrow and long, with a mild heat level and is usually pickled.
Guntur Sannam Chili Peppers
The Guntur Sannam chili is grown in and around Guntur and Warangal in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is an extremely important cash crop in that area, and the livelihoods of thousands depend on a successful harvest.
Gypsy Pepper: A Sweet Hybrid Pepper
The gypsy pepper is a hybrid pepper resulting from a cross between a sweet Italian bull horn pepper and a bell pepper. It was developed by Petoseed, a Southern California company specializing in hybridizing peppers and tomatoes. Learn more about the gypsy pepper at Chili Pepper Madness.
Habanero Pepper: Profile, Uses, Heat
The habanero pepper is a fiery chili pepper named after the Cuban city of La Habana. It has a citrusy flavor and measures between 100,000 - 350,000 Scoville Heat Units. Learn more about habaneros, including their history, growing information and how to cook with them.
Hatch Chile Peppers: All About Them
Hatch chile peppers are a generic name for New Mexican peppers that are grown and harvested in the Hatch Valley region, New Mexico. Learn more about the Hatch chile pepper from Chili Pepper Madness.
Hawaiian Sweet Hot Chili Peppers
The Hawaiian Sweet Hot Pepper has a similar size (about 2 inches long) and shape to a jalapeno but is typically eaten once it matures to red.
Hidalgo Chili Peppers
The Hidalgo is an heirloom pepper, similar in shape and hotness to the Serrano, originally from Mexico and Central America.
HJ8 Total Eclipse Space Chili Pepper
Since the mid 1980's, China has been sending recoverable satellites into space on a 5 day orbit around Earth. Each trip, approximately 5000 seeds are sent along and are exposed to the zero gravity and cosmic radiation, then returned.
Hungarian Wax Peppers - All About Them
The Hungarian Wax Pepper is easily confused with the similar-looking banana pepper, but it is much hotter. It is also known as the Hungarian Hot Wax Pepper. Scoville Heat Units: 1,000-15,000 SHU Capsicum Annuum What is the Hungarian Wax Pepper? The Hungarian Wax Pepper, as its name suggests, originated in Hungary. Also known as the...
Infinity Chili Peppers
Created in England by Nick Woods of “Fire Foods,” the Infinity Chili pepper held the World Record for the world’s hottest chili pepper for two weeks in 2011, before it was ousted by the Naga Viper chili.
Italian Long Hot Peppers
Italian Long Hot Peppers are mild, sweet peppers popular in Italian cooking, though they have become popular in the United States for their versatility. Learn more about them.
Jalapeno Peppers - All About Them
A jalapeno pepper is a fruit of the Capsicum pod type measuring between 2,500 and 8,000 Scoville Heat Units. It is a medium sized pepper, measuring an average of 2-3.5 inches in length but growing up to 6 inches long or longer. Learn more about the jalapeno chili pepper from Chili Pepper Madness.
Jaloro Chili Peppers - All About Them
The Jaloro is a hybrid version of the jalapeno, created by the Texas Agriculture Extension Service in 1992. Learn more about it.
Jamaican Hot Chili Peppers
As the name suggests, these peppers are from Jamaica, but have become popular around the world. There are a few varieties of Jamaican hot peppers:
Japones Pepper (Chile Japones)
The Chile Japones, aka Japones pepper or "Japanese pepper", is a popular ingredient in Asian, Latin and Caribbean cuisine prized for it's wonderful heat.
Jwala Finger Hot Chili Peppers
Jwala Finger peppers are a small, finger-shaped chili pepper commonly used in Indian cuisine. Learn more about the Jwala from Chili Pepper Madness.
Kashmiri Chili: Vibrant Red Peppers
Kashmiri chilies are a staple of Indian cuisine known for their vibrant red color, usually sold dried, with a mild heat and flavor.
Komodo Dragon Chili Pepper
The Komodo Dragon Chili Pepper is one of the hottest peppers in the world, measuring in at 1,400,000 - 2,200,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU).