Hallows Eve
Also known as Hallow's Eve · Hollows Eve
Hallows Eve is a Capsicum chinense cultivar from United Kingdom. Capsi’s sourced range is 335,039 SHU (Lab-verified; typical 335,039). Flavor is fruity, floral, smoky. Used for Most often cooked into hot sauce or dried for powder. A little ripe fruit goes a long way in salsa or stew. Fresh eating is for people who already handle Ghost-level heat.. Heat is a range, not a single marketing number.
Hallows Eve is a Capsicum chinense grown for dark purple foliage and pods that ripen from near-black to orange with lingering purple mottling. Collectors keep it as much for the color shift as for the fruit.
About 11 times a Capsi Jalapeño (31,902 SHU typical).
Growing
~100 days to maturity
Fruit size
4–6 cm
Flavor & Use
Ripe pods open fruity and a little floral, sometimes with a smoky edge. The burn builds after the swallow, on the tongue and in the throat.
Culinary
About
Pods are elongated and wrinkled, about 4 to 6 cm long. They start green or purple-black and finish orange with black or purple streaks still on the skin. The plant carries dark purple leaves and reaches about a metre in a long warm season, more if it is left unpruned. Ripe fruit tastes fruity with a faint floral note, then a building burn. Growers use it in sauces and powders more than at the table.
Backstory
Hallows Eve was put out by Joker Chilli Farm in the United Kingdom. The original farm shop is gone, and the seed now circulating is open-pollinated stock that sellers still treat as an early generation.
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FAQ
- How hot is Hallows Eve?
- Capsi’s sourced range is 335,039 SHU (Lab-verified; typical 335,039). 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 Hallows Eve taste like?
- Ripe pods open fruity and a little floral, sometimes with a smoky edge. The burn builds after the swallow, on the tongue and in the throat.
- How do I grow Hallows Eve?
- Hallows Eve: about 100 days to maturity, tropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 9-11.
- What can I substitute for Hallows Eve?
- Ghost Pepper