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A variety of yellow chile peppers typically harvested when they are 4 to 6 inches in length. Often mistaken for the banana chile, the Yellow Wax pepper has a hotter flavor and is larger in size.

A spicy hot sauce seasoned with cayenne peppers, chile peppers or peppercorns. It is used as a condiment to many foods, such as meats, chicken and fish, or it can be added to other foods where a spicy flavor is desired, such as marinades, beverages, dips, chili, casseroles or other sauces.

Small in size and round in shape, this variety of pepper has the appearance of a large cherry or a small cherry tomato.

A type of pepper, native to tropical areas of West Africa. Mildly flavored, this pepper grows in a range of 1 to 2 inches in length and contains seeds with a spicy, hot taste that is slightly bitter, providing flavored overtones of cardamom and ginger.

Red ripened bell peppers that have been roasted in some manner. There are several ways in which the red peppers can be roasted.

A very small pepper, which is only approximately 1 inch long and ½ inch wide. The pepper changes color throughout maturity, starting out yellow, changing to orange and is finally red at maturity.

A thin chile pepper that is often used as a flavoring in Indian foods. Flat in shape, this pepper ranges in size from 3 to 5 inches long.

A small, round chile pepper that is commonly used as a flavoring in Indian cooking. This pepper is a very common pepper in Pakistan, providing a spicy to hot flavor similar to Scotch bonnet peppers.

A variety of pepper grown commonly in the U.S. that is picked when green or red. The immature green colored pepper is mild to medium hot in flavor, unlike the red, which has a deeper fiery flavor that exceeds the Jalapeno in intensity.

A variety of yellow chile peppers typically harvested when they are 4 to 6 inches in length. Often mistaken for the banana chile, the Hungarian Wax pepper has a hotter flavor and is larger in size.

A spice that is derived berries grown on pepper plants, such as the Piper nigrum, Piper longum or the Piper retrofractum plants.

Used mainly as an ingredient in sauces, this variety of soup is thick in consistency and rich in flavor.

A well-known pepper native to Brazil, which is at times confused with the Melegueta chile from West Africa.

A long narrow chile pepper that is native to China, Japan and also common in regions of Mexico. Translated, the word Japónes means "Japanese" in Spanish to denote an Asian variety of pepper.

A food spread that is made from roasted sweet peppers, which can use any variety of sweet pepper as the base for the spread.

A Jalapeno pepper, native to Mexico that is smoked, dried and most often served as an appetizer or as an ingredient in sauces, salsas, soups, and stews.

A pointed (piquillo means "little beak") pepper grown only in the Navarra region of Northern Spain along the Ebro River.

Grown primarily in northern India, this pepper is considered to be the hottest and provide the most intense heat of all chile peppers.

Native to the Basque region of Spain, this variety of chile pepper is small in size and narrow in dimension.