Datil Hot Pepper (Legendary)

Datil Pepper 🌶️🔥

Florida’s legendary hot pepper with real flavor

The Datil Pepper is a rare, old-school hot pepper with deep roots in Florida and a cult following for good reason. It brings serious heat, usually hotter than a jalapeño and brushing up against habanero territory, but it backs it up with a bright, fruity, almost citrusy flavor that makes the heat worth it.

These peppers ripen to a glossy yellow and are famously used in hot sauces, marinades, seafood dishes, and anything that needs punch without tasting angry. If you like heat with personality, this is your pepper.

Datil plants are productive, tough, and thrive in warm weather. Give them sun, water, and decent soil and they’ll reward you all season long.

Why we love them:

• 🔥 Hot, but not reckless

• 🍋 Fruity, citrusy flavor you don’t get from most hot peppers

• 🌱 Heavy producer once established

• 🌞 Thrives in Southern heat

• 🌶️ Perfect for sauces, grilling, and spicy everything

This isn’t a novelty pepper. It’s a classic. And once you grow it, you’ll understand why people guard Datil recipes like family secrets.