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Hot · 300,000 – 577,000 SHU

Chocolate Habanero

Deep brown skin, smoky-sweet aroma, and chinense heat that outpaces common orange Habs.

Origin
Caribbean basin
Peak heat
577,000
Heat band
Hot
A single dark brown Chocolate Habanero pepper with wrinkled lantern-shaped pod, photographed against a dark charcoal background.

About the pepper

Chocolate Habanero is not cocoa — it is a mature color variant of Habanero types, usually brown to deep red-brown when ripe.

Flavor runs earthier and sometimes subtly smoky compared to the bright citrus of orange Habaneros, which makes it popular in moles and dark fruit sauces.

Also known as

Congo pepper, Brown Habanero

Good to know

Facts about the Chocolate Habanero.

Quick facts, trivia, and context worth knowing before you reach for the bottle.

Fact 1

“Chocolate” describes color, not taste.

Fact 2

Often grouped near Red Savina in Scoville charts.

Fact 3

Pods can be deeply lobed like other chinense.

Keep exploring

More peppers on the scale.

Harmony grows and blends a wide range of cultivars — each brings a different place on the Scoville Scale and a different flavor to the bottle.