How hot is KS Starrscream Chocolate?

Capsi’s sourced range is 25,000–100,000 SHU (Vendor Claim). 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

How do I grow KS Starrscream Chocolate?

KS Starrscream Chocolate: about 90 days to maturity, subtropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 8-11.

What can I substitute for KS Starrscream Chocolate?

KS Starrscream Red, Thai Bird's Eye

KS Starrscream Chocolate (KS Chocolate Starrscream)

Also known as KS Chocolate Starrscream · Chocolate Starrscream · Starrscream Chocolate · KS StarrScream Choc

KS Starrscream Chocolate is a Capsicum annuum f2+ from Fannin County, United States. Capsi’s sourced range is 25,000–100,000 SHU (Vendor Claim). Flavor is sweet, earthy, fruity. Used for Fresh eating, Thai-style dishes, hot sauce, flakes, and drying.. Heat is a range, not a single marketing number.

KS Starrscream Chocolate is a small chocolate-brown Thai-style pepper from Texas breeder Khang Starr. Plants are heat-tough and load up with clusters of tapered pods.

Growing

~90 days to maturity

Fruit size

2.5–5 cm

Flavor & Use

Sweet up front with an earthy chocolate note and a clean Thai burn. Less bitter than many dark pods. Aroma can read fruity.

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Culinary

Fresh eatingThai-style disheshot sauceflakesand drying.

About

Ripe pods run about 2.5 to 5 cm and taper from green to a deep chocolate brown. They usually sit upright in clusters of two to four, with wrinkled skin and medium walls. Flavor is earthy and sweet, closer to a chocolate Thai than to a habanero. Heat is hot, then the sweetness hangs on. Good fresh, dried, or ground, and it holds up in sauces. Plants reach 90 to 120 cm and keep fruiting in hot weather.

Backstory

Khang Starr selected this dark-ripening Starrscream line at his garden in Fannin County, Texas. He shared the chocolate pods on his channel around 2020, and seed shops have sold the named line since. Shape still varies some, so growers who want one look isolate their seed.

Appearance

ShapeTapered

ColorGreen · Chocolate

Size2.5–5 cm

WallMedium

SkinWrinkled

Growing

SunFull

WaterModerate

ClimateSubtropical

Days to maturity90 days

Plant height90–120 cm

Soil pH5.6–7.5

Germination10–15 days

Spacing50 cm

HardinessZones 8-11

Heritage

Explore

KS Starrscream Chocolate is an F2+ of KS Linzo Chocolate and KS White Thai, still splitting and not yet a finished line.

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Parents

KS White Thai

Hot · 50K–100K SHU

Thailand

Sources

FAQ

How hot is KS Starrscream Chocolate?: Capsi’s sourced range is 25,000–100,000 SHU (Vendor Claim). 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 Starrscream Chocolate taste like?: Sweet up front with an earthy chocolate note and a clean Thai burn. Less bitter than many dark pods. Aroma can read fruity.
How do I grow KS Starrscream Chocolate?: KS Starrscream Chocolate: about 90 days to maturity, subtropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 8-11.
What can I substitute for KS Starrscream Chocolate?: KS Starrscream Red, Thai Bird's Eye