Chocolate Overkill
Chocolate Overkill is a superhot Capsicum chinense hybrid listed as a cross of 7 Pot Primo and Leopard Reaper. Pods ripen from green to chocolate brown with bumpy, gnarled skin.
Culinary Use
Hot sauces and extreme heat applications where a chocolate phenotype is wanted.
About
Medium-sized plants set heavily. Pods are bumpy and gnarled, ripening from green to chocolate brown with wrinkled skin. The heat is extreme and the pods carry the typical chinense oiliness of the parent lines.
Backstory
Offered by Texas Hot Peppers as a cross of 7 Pot Primo and Leopard Reaper that produces chocolate-colored pods. A related Overkill line from Space Chilli Peppers uses the same parents and is sold as an F4 hybrid.
Appearance
ShapeGnarled
ColorGreen · Chocolate
WallMedium
SkinWrinkled
Growing
Heritage
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FAQ
- How hot is Chocolate Overkill?
- Capsi has not yet documented heat for this variety. 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 Overkill taste like?
- Capsi does not have that recorded yet.
- How do I grow Chocolate Overkill?
- Chocolate Overkill: subtropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.
- What can I substitute for Chocolate Overkill?
- Capsi does not have that recorded yet.