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Candy Cane Chocolate Cherry Sweet Pepper Seeds

Candy Cane Chocolate Cherry Sweet Pepper Seeds

Capsicum annuum (hybrid)

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Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
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This is the coolest sweet pepper you've ever seen! Even the variegated foliage is attractive, but the peppers will continue to wow you as they ripen from green and white stripes to the chocolate red and cream stripes in their name. Grow them in a container on your patio or balcony to enjoy the view! Small, 1 ½" peppers are crisp and sweet; slice rings into your salads for a beautiful presentation, or slice long strips for stir frying.

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Variety Info

Days to Maturity: 70–75 days from transplanting

Family: Solanaceae

Type: Sweet Pepper (Learn more)

Native: Americas

Hardiness: Perennial grown as an annual; very frost sensitive.

Exposure: Full sun

Plant Dimensions: 18"–24" tall, 12"–18" wide

Variety Info: 3½"–3 ¾" long, 2½"–2 ¾" wide, thin-walled peppers start out green with cream striping, ripening to shades of yellow and red, then finally chocolate and crimson.

Attributes: Frost Sensitive, Good for Containers

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Sowing Info

When to Sow Outside: For Mild Climates only: 2 to 4 weeks after average last frost, when soil temperature is at least 70°F.

When to Start Inside: RECOMMENDED. 8 to 10 weeks before transplanting. Ideal soil temperature for germination is 70°–90°F. Transplant seedlings outside 2 to 4 weeks after your average last frost date, and when daytime temperatures are at least 70°F, and nighttime temperatures are at least 55°F. Mild Climates: May be sown in late summer for fall/winter crop.

Days to Emerge: 10–25 days

Seed Depth: 1/4"

Seed Spacing: Start indoors

Row Spacing: 24"–36"

Thinning: Start indoors, plant seedlings 18" – 24" apart outside

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Growing Info

Harvesting: Peppers can be harvested green or left on the plant to mature to brownish-red with brown, cream, and green striping.

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Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
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Total 5 star reviews: 25 Total 4 star reviews: 1 Total 3 star reviews: 0 Total 2 star reviews: 0 Total 1 star reviews: 2
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  • Glen D.
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1/24/26
    Awesome to purchase from.

    Very responsible business and great customer service!

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    1/25/26

    Hey Glen,

    Thank you so much for taking the time to share your wonderful review! We're so happy to hear that you had such a great experience with our customer service and that we met your expectations as a responsible business. It means the world to us when customers like you take the time to recognize the care we put into every interaction. Thank you for choosing us and for sharing your feedback with us. Keep on growing 🌻️

  • Roxanne
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1/24/26
    Prolific and delicious

    The Botanical Interests Candy Cane Chocolate Cherry Sweet Pepper is easy to grow, maintain, and harvest. My 3 plants from 2025 put on multiple flushes of 12+ peppers at a time. I have them overwintering in my mud room and they are still looking good and putting on peppers even though they are supposed to be resting. Unstoppable. The sweet fruit is very versatile for snacks, cooking, and fermenting. Definitely a must have fruit in my GreenStalks, raised beds, and in ground gardens in East Tennessee, zone 7b.

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    1/25/26

    Hey Roxanne,

    Thank you so much for taking the time to share your incredible review of our Candy Cane Chocolate Cherry Sweet Pepper Seeds! We're so stoked to hear about those multiple flushes of 12+ peppers at a time - that's an amazing harvest from just 3 plants! It's good to hear that they're still going strong in your mud room during their supposed "resting" period! Thank you for choosing us and for sharing your outstanding growing success with us. Keep on growing 🌻️

  • Abby
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    1/13/26
    Excited to see these grow!

    The packet came with 10 seeds and 7/10 have germinated within the 2 weeks they've been planted. Started my peppers early this year since peppers usually take a while to germinate/grow. I was very pleased by how soon I saw sprouts! Very excited to try this variety this year.

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    1/19/26

    Hey Abby,

    Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with our Candy Cane Chocolate Cherry Sweet Pepper Seeds! We're absolutely thrilled to hear that you got such excellent germination with 7 out of 10 seeds sprouting so quickly! That's fantastic germination rate and timing. Smart thinking starting your peppers early this year - you're going to have some amazing peppers to look forward to! The Candy Cane Chocolate Cherry variety is such a unique and delicious pepper, we're so excited for you to experience the harvest! Thank you for choosing us and for sharing your growing success with us. Keep on growing 🌻️

  • Roxanne
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    11/30/25
    Very Prolific

    I planted 3 Candy Cane Chocolate pepper seeds, 1 in a GreenStalk, 1 in a Grow Tower II, and 1 in a raised bed in the upper garden. All 3 plants grew large and produced delicious peppers prolifically. Each of the plants produced 3 full flushes of more than a dozen peppers. All 3 plants are being overwintered in our mud room which is not "under air," meaning no a/c or heat. They are all alive and well. With this head start, I can't wait to see how many peppers these 3 plants produce in 2026.

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    12/1/25

    Hey Roxanne,

    Thank you so much for taking the time to share your incredible experience with our Candy Cane Chocolate Cherry Sweet Pepper Seeds! We love hearing you had multiple flushes of more than a dozen peppers each! We love that you tested them in different growing setups too - the GreenStalk, Grow Tower II, and raised bed - and they all performed beautifully! That's such great feedback for us and other growers. Your overwintering strategy sounds brilliant, and we're so excited for you that all three plants are thriving in your mud room! With that kind of head start, 2026 is going to be an incredible pepper year for you! Please let us know how it goes! Thanks for sharing this wonderful growing success with us. Keep on growing 🌻️

  • Diane P.
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    11/28/25
    Amazing productivity.

    I planted four of these beautiful plants in a large pot in a sunny area with my oregano (good companion plant). It is now the end of November. These plants are still thriving, and, still producing! (FYI, I’m in coastal California.)

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    11/28/25

    Hey Diane,

    Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with our Candy Cane Chocolate Cherry Sweet Pepper Seeds! We love hearing that your four plants are still thriving and producing at the end of November - what amazing productivity! It sounds like you've got the perfect setup with that sunny spot and oregano companion planting. Coastal California's climate is definitely ideal for extending that pepper season, and it's so exciting that you're still getting harvests this late in the year. Thanks for sharing your incredible growing success with us. Keep on growing 🌻️