Candy Cane Orange Pepper is a striking ornamental-sweet pepper featuring vibrant orange fruits with subtle creamy striping during early development. The compact plants produce small to medium, smooth, blocky peppers that ripen to a bright, glossy orange. Crisp and mildly sweet, it offers excellent flavor without heat, making it as tasty as it is decorative.
Cooking Use:
Perfect for fresh snacking, salads, and veggie trays. Its sweet crunch shines in stir-fries, light sautéing, stuffing, and roasting. The bright orange color also adds beautiful contrast to grilled dishes and fresh summer recipes.
Origin: Developed in the USA as a modern hybrid for ornamental and edible use.
Appearance: Features variegated foliage (white/green stripes) and fruit that starts green-and-white striped, ripening to solid red.
Flavor/Heat: It is a sweet pepper with 0 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), often used in salads or for snacking.
Development: It is often confused with the,19th-century,,hot,,"Fish pepper" due to similar coloring, but the Candy Cane line is a distinct, mild, modern,cultivar,.
Variety: While most Candy Cane peppers ripen to red, some variations are associated with different,hybrid,breeding programs.
| Type |
Peppers |
| Family |
Nightshade Family |
| Temperature Soil |
65-80F |
| Temperature Daytime |
70-90F |
| Temperature Evening |
60+F |
| Lighting |
Full Sun, 6-8 Hours/Day |
| Water |
Heavy, 6 Gallons/Day |
| Maturity |
Moderate, 65-85 Days Harvest |
| PH Neutral |
5.5-7.0 |
| Zones |
4A-11B |
| Plant Placement |
6 Plants, 3 Row |