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Color

Here you’ll find chile peppers listed by a selection of exotic colors. We don’t include green and red because most chiles start off green and end up red. This list doesn’t include all possible pepper varieties that fall into these color categories, but it will give you a good idea of what’s available.

Brown: Chocolate Habanero (Congo Black), Bhut Jolokia Chocolate, Trinidad Douglah, Trinidad Congo Brown, Trinidad 7 Pod Brown, Aji Panca (Aji Brown), Black Naga, Chocolate Scotch Bonnet, Miniature Chocolate, Aji Brown, Chilhuacle Negro, Pasilla

Black: Black Hungarian, Royal Black, Black Jalapeno, Black Pearl, Black Scorpion Tongue, Little Nubian

Purple: Purple Jalapeño, Purple Bhut Jolokia, Pimenta da Neyde, Purple Beauty Bell Pepper, Explosive Ember, Fluorescent Purple, Large Purple Cayenne, Firecracker Pequin

Yellow: Yellow 7 Pot, Lemon Drop, Aji Pineapple, Trinidad Perfume, Fatalii, Yellow Rocoto (Manzano), Scotch Bonnet Yellow, Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Yellow, Bhut Jolokia Yellow, Trinidad Congo Yellow, Trinidad Morovas, Trinidad Scorpion Yellow, Yellow Devil’s Tongue, Big Sun (Yellow Sun) Habanero, Golden Cayenne, Peter Pepper Yellow

White: Yucatan White Habanero, Peruvian White Lightening, White Bhut Jolokia, Giant White Habanero

Blue: Filius Blue

Multicolored: NuMex Twilight, Jalapeno Piñata, Aji Omnicolor, Hot Fish, Chinese Five Color, Marbles

Click here to view Hot Fish pepper seeds from Burpee

Heat Level

You can pick your peppers by heat level to create the spice you need in your kitchen. Below is just a sampling of chile peppers that fall into each heat level category.

Mild: Pasilla, Poblano, Anaheim, Trinidad Perfume, Banana Pepper, Cubanelle, Pepperoncini, Hatch Chile Peppers, Guajillo, Aji Brown, Aji Panca, Ancho, Bishop’s Hat, Cherry, Chilhuacle varieties, Chupetinha (Pimenta Bico), Georgia Flame, Jalapeno Fooled You, Medusa, Peri Peri

Hot: African Devil, Habanero, Serrano, Aji Lemon Drop, Fresno, Puya, Santaka, Charleston Hot, Jamaican Hot, Scotch Bonnet, Fatalii, Caribbean Red, Beni Highlands, Bonda Ma Jacques, Brown Rocoto, Bulgarian Apple, Chicken Heart, Ecuadorian Hot, Goats Weed, Hinkle Hatz

Super Hot: Trinidad Scorpion, Trinidad Scorpion Butch T, Trinidad Scorpion Moruga, Carolina Reaper (HP22B), Bhut Jolokia / Naga Jolokia / Ghost Pepper, Naga Morich (Dorset Naga), 7 pot (7 pod) pepper, Trinidad Douglah (7 Pod Brown), 7 Pod Jonah, 7 Pod Barrackpore, 7 Pod Brain Strain, 7 Pod Primo, Trinidad Scorpion Moruga Blend, Bhut Jolokia Indian Carbon, Trinidad Morovas, Trinidad Congo

Click here to view Trinidad Scorpion pepper seeds from eGardenSeed.com

Size

Depending on the chile variety, many pepper plants typically grow between 2 to 4 feet tall. When plants are 2 feet or smaller, we list this as “compact,” and when plants are 4 feet and higher, we label it as “tall.” Ornamental varieties are a good example of compact-size plants. If you grow tall varieties, you’ll need plant supports, such as a plant stakes or tomato cages, to properly hold up the larger size pepper plants. The varieties below are just a sampling of compact and tall pepper plants that you can grow.

Compact: Black Pearl, Filius Blue, NuMex Twilight, White Habanero, Marbles, Royal Black, Aji Omnicolor, Chinese Giant, Firecracker Pequin, Little Nubian, Medusa’s Head, Miniature Chocolate, Abbraccio

Tall: Brazilian Starfish, Habanero Tree (Habanero de Arbol), Giant Marconi Red, Bishop’s Crown (Christmas Bell), Rain Forest, Aji Amarillo

Click here to view White Habanero pepper seeds from eGardenSeed.com

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Capsaicin Molecule T-shirt (ThinkGeek)

Capsaicin is the compound responsible for the heat and pungency found in chillies, and this t-shirt proudly displays the capsaicin molecule. This is a fun gift for the science-oriented chili-head. Definitely one of the hottest shirts out there!

Gourmet Chile Sea Salt Set (ThinkGeek)

The gourmet chile sea salt set comes with a set of six yummy-tasting sea salts that range from mild all the way up to the Bhut Jolokia heat! You can add the sea salts to flavor foods, and they’ll stay safe in the handmade wooden tray that is included with the set. This is definitely a top pick for a chile-head that loves to cook.

Grow Your Own World’s Hottest DIY Pepper (ThinkGeek)

Grow your own Trinidad Scorpion Pepper to be exact! This pepper rates at about 1.4 SHU (Scoville Heat Units) and I can vouch that this pepper is one of the hottest in the world! All you need to grow this chile is add water to the container and provide sunlight — that’s it. This product is for the serious chilehead that loves ultra-hot peppers.

Topsy Turvy Tomato Tree

Along with peppers, a serious chili-head will want to grow tomatoes too. Tomatoes and peppers go together like peanut butter and jelly. Think salsas, hot sauces, pico de gallo and all the other countless recipes. I like the Topsy Turvy Tomato Tree because it saves space by growing tomatoes vertically so that it fits easily on a deck or patio.

Hottest Trinidad Moruga Scorpion and Moruga Hot Sauces 4 Pack, 4/5 oz. (HotSauce.com)

This hot sauce gift set from HotSauce.com comes with four bottles of amazing sauces: (1) Moruga Madness Hot Sauce, (1) Cajohn’s Trinidad Scorpion Hot Sauce, (1) Sancto Scorpio Hot Sauce and (1) Heartbreaking Dawn’s 1498 Cauterizer Trinidad Scorpion. Yum! Definitely the gift set for the chilihead that loves to eat!

Click here to view the Hottest Trinidad Scorpion and Moruga Hot Sauces from HotSauce.com.

16 Million PURE Capsaicin Crystals, 1ml. Kit (HotSauce.com)

For the extreme chilihead, HotSauce.com offers pure capsaicin crystals. Why is this a big deal? Well capsaicin is the stuff responsible for the pungency and heat of chili peppers. These crystals are commonly used to make hot sauces, but you can let your imagination run wild and utilize them for whatever you need!

Click here to view Pure Capsaicin Crystals by HotSauce.com.

I hope this gives you some good ideas when shopping for yourself or a fellow chile pepper addict. If you purchase one of these items, feel free to send me your review so I can publish it here in the comments section.

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