15 Super HOT Varieties Every Pepper Enthusiast Must Try!

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Whether you enjoy a little - or - A LOT of HEAT from your peppers, you should try growing your own! We've put together this list of our favorite SUPER HOT pepper varieties we think you should try growing in your next summer vegetable garden. From "just a little kick" to "eye watering heat" these peppers will get you excited about making homemade salsas, hot sauce and even pepper jellies.

1. Bhut Jolokia / Ghost Pepper	Considered to be one of the hottest peppers in the WORLD	1,000,000 Scoville
2. Devil Yellow	Devil Yellow peppers are hot! If you've never tried them before then you definitely need to grow these in your garden.	500,000 Scoville
3. Scotch Bonnet	These Scotch Bonnet pepper seeds will produce a plant with tons of beautifully bright 1 ½" long by 1 ½" wide hot yellow peppers.	350,000 Scoville
4. Pretty Purple	The Pretty Purple pepper plant produces excellent yields of hot purple colored peppers.	350,000 Scoville
5. Chocolate Habanero	The Chocolate Habanero plant produces heavy yields of 1 ¾" Long by 1 ¼" wide wrinkled hot peppers.	300,000 Scoville
6. Tepin	Tepin peppers are extremely hot. Handle with care.	300,000 Scoville
7. Birds Eye	The commercial hot sauce brand Cholula lists bird peppers as one of its ingredients.	200,000 Scoville
8. Lemon Habanero	Turns from a dark green color to a bright lemon yellow as it matures.	200,000 Scoville
9. Orange Habanero	The Orange habanero pepper plant produces great yields of 2" x 1" wide hot peppers. These peppers are extremely hot in flavor.	200,000 Scoville
10. Red Caribbean Habanero	The red caribbean habanero pepper plant produces great yields of 2" x 1" wide hot peppers. These peppers are extremely hot in flavor.	200,000 Scoville
11. Thai	A prefect variety for containers and raised beds.	150,000 Scoville
12. Firecracker	Plant produces excellent yields of ¾" long by ¼" wide hot peppers in a range of different colors.	100,000 Scoville
13. Nu Mex Twilight	The Nu Mex Twilight peppers are small but very very hot! Handle with care.	50,000 Scoville
14. Red Cayenne	HOT but delightfully pungent in flavor!	40,000 Scoville
15. Purple Cayenne	Turns from green to purple as they continue to mature.	40,000 Scoville

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