Chocolate Ghost Pepper
Also known as Chocolate Bhut Jolokia · Bhut Jolokia Chocolate · Chocolate Ghost Chile Pepper
A brown-ripening Bhut Jolokia from Assam with wrinkled conical pods and a smoky-sweet flavor under superhot heat.
About 20 times a Capsi Jalapeño (25,086 SHU typical).
Growing
~120 days to maturity
Fruit size
5–8 cm
Flavor & Use
Fruit-forward, subtly sweet, tangy, and prominently smoky with earthy depth; flavors emerge before the slow-building, prolonged burn that defines the Ghost family.
Culinary
About
Gnarled, wrinkled, conical pods 5-8 cm long ripen from green through reddish-brown to dark chocolate. Flesh is medium-walled and crisp, fruit-forward with sweet, tangy, smoky, and earthy notes before a delayed superhot burn. Plants reach about 90-120 cm and need a long hot season.
Backstory
Frontal Agritech in Assam found a brown-ripening Bhut Jolokia in the field and selected the color over later generations. Seed reached growers outside India around 2008. In the Northeast the red king chile has a long kitchen life; the chocolate pods are a modern selected color of that same type.
Appearance
Growing
Heritage
ExploreParent
Peppers bred from Chocolate Ghost Pepper
Sources
FAQ
- How hot is Chocolate Ghost Pepper?
- Capsi’s sourced range is 430,000–562,515 SHU (Lab-verified). Capsi uses a sourced range and a trust tier, not a single marketing number. How we verify heat: https://web.thecapsi.app/learn/heat-and-capsaicin/how-we-measure-heat
- What does Chocolate Ghost Pepper taste like?
- Fruit-forward, subtly sweet, tangy, and prominently smoky with earthy depth; flavors emerge before the slow-building, prolonged burn that defines the Ghost family.
- How do I grow Chocolate Ghost Pepper?
- Chocolate Ghost Pepper: about 120 days to maturity, tropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.
- What can I substitute for Chocolate Ghost Pepper?
- Ghost Pepper, 7 Pot Douglah, other chocolate superhots for flavor match