How hot is KS Texas Chocolate Bonnet?

Capsi’s sourced range is 300,000 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 Texas Chocolate Bonnet?

KS Texas Chocolate Bonnet: about 110 days to maturity, subtropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 8-11.

What can I substitute for KS Texas Chocolate Bonnet?

Chocolate Scotch Bonnet, KS Texas Crimson Bonnet

KS Texas Chocolate Bonnet (Texas Chocolate Bonnet)

Also known as Texas Chocolate Bonnet

KS Texas Chocolate Bonnet is a Capsicum chinense f2+ from Fannin County, Texas, United States. Capsi’s sourced range is 300,000 SHU (Vendor Claim). Flavor is fruity, sweet, earthy. Used for Hot sauce and chile powder.. Heat is a range, not a single marketing number.

KS Texas Chocolate Bonnet is a chocolate-ripe Scotch Bonnet type from North Texas. Plants load up with lantern pods, and some fruit still ripens red.

About 9.4 times a Capsi Jalapeño (31,902 SHU typical).

Growing

~110 days to maturity

Fruit size

5–8 cm

Flavor & Use

Tropical fruit on the nose, a sweet first bite, then an earthy finish. Heat builds rather than slaps.

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Culinary

Hot sauce and chile powder.

About

Pods run about 5 to 8 cm with thin wrinkled walls and a large placenta. Ripe color is chocolate brown. The smell is tropical and a little earthy. A sweet first bite gives way to a hard hot burn. Thin walls suit sauce and powder, not stuffing. Shape can drift long with a stinger. Fruit set falls off above about 95 F.

Backstory

Khang Starr released this line from his Fannin County garden in 2016 and shared seed through the Pepper Lovers community. Chocolate and crimson fruit showed up on the same plants. As of 2026, packets still warn that chocolate plants can throw red pods.

Appearance

ShapeLantern

ColorGreen · Chocolate

Size5–8 cm

WallThin

SkinWrinkled

Growing

SunFull

WaterModerate

ClimateSubtropical

Days to maturity110 days

Plant height120–150 cm

Soil pH6–6.8

Germination7–21 days

Spacing60 cm

HardinessZones 8-11

Heritage

Explore

KS Texas Chocolate Bonnet is an F2+ of Chocolate Scotch Bonnet and StarrRacha, still splitting and not yet a finished line.

Khang Starr · 2016

Parents

Chocolate Scotch Bonnet

Hot · 100K–350K SHU

Jamaica

Sources

FAQ

How hot is KS Texas Chocolate Bonnet?: Capsi’s sourced range is 300,000 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 Texas Chocolate Bonnet taste like?: Tropical fruit on the nose, a sweet first bite, then an earthy finish. Heat builds rather than slaps.
How do I grow KS Texas Chocolate Bonnet?: KS Texas Chocolate Bonnet: about 110 days to maturity, subtropical climate, full sun, hardiness zones 8-11.
What can I substitute for KS Texas Chocolate Bonnet?: Chocolate Scotch Bonnet, KS Texas Crimson Bonnet