Cascabel peppers are considered mildly hot, with a Scoville Heat Unit (SHU) rating of 1,000–2,500. For comparison, habanero peppers are much hotter, with a rating of 100,000–350,000 SHU. 

Cascabel peppers are native to Mexico and Latin America, and have been cultivated since at least 7000 BC. The name "cascabel" is Spanish for "jingle bell", which comes from the way the seeds rattle inside the round, hard peppers when they dry. 

Cascabel peppers are often used in sauces, soups, and other dishes to add a fruity flavor and a bit of warmth. Here are some ways to prepare cascabel peppers: Roast: Roast cascabel peppers in a skillet before adding them to dishes. 

Dry and grind: Dry and grind cascabel peppers to use in sauces or pastes. You can also rehydrate them. 

Puree: Puree cascabel peppers and add them to soups and sauces.

These round to oval fruits are only 3/8” wide. It is often confused with the Pequin that is a small oval with a point. The Tepin grow on 36” tall plants and have extreme heat. All peppers are perennials, so if your plant survives the winter without freezing, the shrub can get very large. Capsicum annuum  (120 days)

Heat Level: Super Hot.  Scoville Heat Units 50,000 - 100,000

~ Packet contains 10 seeds. 

In early spring, start seeds indoors 8 weeks prior to warm nightly temperatures. Place the seeds in sterile media and cover 1/4” deep. Provide 85°F bottom heat, bright light and keep moist at all times. Seeds will germinate in 7 - 21 days. Transplant seedlings into pots and grow until there are 6 true leaves on the plant. Plant them directly into rich soil, 30” apart or into large 5 gallon containers. Harvest peppers when they are red.

Plants are 2’- 4’ tall and loaded with slender 1-1/2” pods that grow upright. Chiles mature from yellow-green to bright red and have a unique, smoky flavor that creates their distinctive tabasco taste. Easy to grow and vigorous. Good for container gardens and ornamental.

Zones: 3-12 Open Pollinated, Heirloom, Hot Pepper, Warm Season

Capsicum frutescens (81 days) 

Heat Level: Very Hot  Scoville: 30,000 - 50,000

~ Packet contains 10 seeds. 

In early spring, start seeds indoors 8 weeks prior to warm nightly temperatures. Place the seeds in sterile media and cover 1/4” deep. Provide 85°F bottom heat, bright light and keep moist at all times. Seeds will germinate in 7 - 21 days. Transplant seedlings into pots and grow until there are 6 true leaves on the plant. Plant them directly into rich soil, 30” apart or into large 5 gallon containers. Harvest peppers when they are full size and glossy red. 

Chilhuacle Negro is a rare, dark chocolate brown, moderately hot chili pepper from Oaxaca, Mexico. It's a key ingredient in mole negro, a classic Oaxacan dish. 

Characteristics:

Color: Dark chocolate brown when ripe 

Shape: Medium-small, tapered bell-shaped 

Flavor: Rich, smoky, fruity, with notes of dried plum, tobacco, and liquorice 

Heat: Similar to or slightly hotter than cayenne peppers, with a Scoville scale rating of 1,250–2,000 

Uses: 

Roasted and added to salsas

Used in mole sauces

Ground into a powder and used as a hot pepper powder

Stepped in olive oil to make chili oil

Used in soups, stews, marinades

Trinidad Moruga Scorpion - This pepper contains so much capsaicin, that it blasts past the numbing response in your mouth and produces a ferocious burning sensation! Officially tested at  2,009,231 Scoville Heat Units! We think it's hotter than the Reaper!  It's great (in small doses) in salsa!

Pods are 2-1/2” long and 2-1/2” wide with wrinkled reddish-orange skin. They have a fruit-like flavor, with nuclear heat. Capsicum chinense (110 days)

Warning: Handling this pepper requires extreme caution. Wear hand, eye and breathing protection. 

Heat Level: Insanely Hot. Scoville: 2,000,000

~ Packet contains 10 seeds. 

Capsicum chinense strains require a great deal of attention during the germination process. Moisture and a constant and consistent heat range must be maintained. Place the seeds in sterile media and cover 1/4” deep. Provide 85°F bottom heat, bright light and keep moist at all times. Seeds will germinate in 7 - 21 days. Transplant seedlings into pots and grow until there are 6 true leaves on the plant. Plant them directly into rich soil, 30” apart or into containers. 

The Ubatuba Cambuci pepper has a mild heat level, ranging from 0.5–2 on the Scoville scale. It's a sweet pepper from Brazil that's also known as the Christmas Bell pepper. 

Heat level:

The Ubatuba Cambuci pepper has a mild heat level, ranging from 0.5–2 on the Scoville scale. 

The heat is exclusively present in the center of the fruit, the wings or petals being devoid of it. 

Flavor: 

The Ubatuba Cambuci pepper has a sweet, fruity flavor with an apple-like crunch.

It has a spicy flavor at first, but then it will simmer down with fruity sweetness.

Uses:

The Ubatuba Cambuci pepper is excellent to use for salads, sandwiches, stuffing, salsas, sauces, and jam. 

It can be enjoyed green or red. 

Open-pollinated (80 days)

Fruit Color: Red. Size 5 oz. Shape: Flattened globe deeply ribbed.

Plant Habit: Indeterminate. Plant Size: 5 ft.

This Italian heirloom has a deeply ribbed exterior that presents a beautiful, scalloped edge when sliced. It has an intense and acidic flavor that is ideal for making sauces or pastes and great on sandwiches and salads. Deep red fruits ripen on indeterminate vines that do well in hot weather while continuing into cooler temperatures late into the season.

Organic Heirloom non-GMO    10 Seeds

Compadre F1 Hybrid Hot Pepper Seeds(F1) Plant produces high yields of large Jalapeno peppers. Peppers are hot, have thick flesh, and turn from shiny green to red when mature. Plant has green stems, green leaves, and white flowers. Does well in alkaline soils. Heat and cold tolerant as well in stressful weather. Excellent choice for home gardens, market growers, and open field production. Disease Resistant: PVY, TMV. Scoville Heat Units: 30,000. Water regularly, but do not over-water.

These are VERY easy to grow and will not disappoint.

Size

Uniform fruits of dark green color, smooth and shiny surface.

Low susceptibility to cracking, sunburn and fruit rot.