Brown Jalapeno

Brown Jalapeno

Brown Jalapeno is a mild jalapeno type that ripens to a deep chocolate-brown. Flavor is still very much in the jalapeno family, but the ripe peppers have a little more sweetness to them.

These are also noticeably larger than a typical jalapeno, often reaching 4 to 6 inches long. That larger size may come from the variety’s reported dark poblano ancestry. Either way, these make some seriously big jalapenos.

How Hot is the Brown Jalapeno?

We think of Brown Jalapenos as very mild jalapenos, with heat toward the extreme low end of the namesake. From my own taste experience, I would put them somewhere around 2,000 SHU.

Culinary Uses

Use these pretty much anywhere you would use a regular jalapeno. Salsa, dips, stuffed peppers, guacamole, roasting, grilling… it’s a jalapeno. C’mon, it is one of the most popular peppers out there. We trust that you can find something fun to do with it!

The same goes for our other oddball jalapenos, including yellow, orange, and Purple Jalapeno.

If you’ve tried our stuffed Cherry Bombs or Red Cherry Sweet peppers, Brown Jalapeno works really well for stuffing too. The larger size actually makes that job a little easier.

Maybe stuffed jalapenos for that friend who doesn’t like much heat, but also doesn’t want to be treated like a baby with Nadapenos?

The brown color also looks pretty cool in salsa or sliced on a pizza. Mostly though, this is just a big, mild jalapeno that happens to ripen brown.