# KS Linzo Chocolate

Also known as KS Chocolate Linzo, Chocolate Linzo.

KS Linzo Chocolate is a f2+ from Texas, United States. Capsi has not yet documented heat for this variety. Flavor is sweet, fruity, spicy. Used for fresh eating, hot sauce, powder, flakes.

## Heritage

F2+

KS Linzo Chocolate is an F2+ of Chocolate Scotch Bonnet and Thai Bird's Eye, still splitting and not yet a finished line.

Credit: Khang Starr · 2016

Parents:
- [Chocolate Scotch Bonnet](https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/chocolate-scotch-bonnet)
- [Thai Bird's Eye](https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/thai-birds-eye)

Khang Starr’s videos and the Texas Hot Peppers listing both name Chocolate Scotch Bonnet and Thai Bird's Eye as the parents. Chocolate pods showed up after a few seasons of the original red Linzo. Shops still warn that color and shape can vary.

## Page sources

- [Live seed listing with the founding pair, medium-hot note, and ripe chocolate pods.](https://texashotpeppers.net/products/ks-linzo-chocolate)
- [Khang Starr Ep49. Names Lindsey, the founding cross, F3 generation, and lingering heat on the original Linzo.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENdtd1VtLkE)
- [Khang Starr Ep106. States the chocolate Linzo line is very spicy and recounts how brown pods appeared after seasons of the red line.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLutX_n8UHE)
- [Khang Starr Ep127. Restates Chocolate Scotch Bonnet × Thai bird's eye and calls the chocolate line super spicy.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-INJ4CzViKM)
- [HotPepperSeedsShop listing for chocolate-brown wrinkled pods and lingering heat.](https://www.etsy.com/listing/4353279689/ks-linzo-chocolate-pepper-seeds)
- [Places KhangStarr Farms in Fannin County, Texas, and covers his backyard breeding.](https://www.edibledfw.com/summer-2025/pick-a-pepper/)

## FAQ
### How hot is KS Linzo Chocolate?

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 KS Linzo Chocolate taste like?

Sweet and fruity at first bite, then a lingering Thai-style heat.

### How do I grow KS Linzo Chocolate?

KS Linzo Chocolate: subtropical climate, full sun.

### What can I substitute for KS Linzo Chocolate?

KS Linzo

Page: https://web.thecapsi.app/pepper/ks-linzo-chocolate
Catalog: https://web.thecapsi.app/data