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What makes it special?
Chocolate Beauty is not a hot chilli, but a sweet bell pepper with an extraordinary colour. The initially green fruit ripens to a deep chocolate brown, while staying crisp, juicy and pleasantly sweet.
We raise Chocolate Beauty ourselves in Illmitz. We also use the ripe fruit in our hot sauce Heiße Schokolade: there, the mild, sweet pepper complements the hot Habanero Chocolate and contributes to the sauce's dark, well-rounded aroma.
Flavour & Use
Chocolate Beauty is completely mild with no noticeable chilli heat. Its flesh is thick-walled, juicy and sweet – ideal when colour and pepper aroma matter more than capsaicin.
The fruit is great raw for salads and light lunch platters, for grilling and roasting, for stuffing, for oven vegetables, or for pickling. In dark sauces too, the brown pepper brings an interesting colour and natural sweetness.
In our Heiße Schokolade, we combine Chocolate Beauty with Habanero Chocolate – creating the contrast between sweet pepper fruit and intense habanero heat.
Fruit & Plant
Chocolate Beauty produces blocky, thick-fleshed pepper fruit around 7–10 cm. It ripens from green to a rich chocolate brown, with some dark violet-brown nuances.
The plant stays comparatively compact, usually reaching around 50–70 cm. That makes it very well suited to larger pots, patios, raised beds or a greenhouse.
Growing & Care
We recommend a sunny, warm and wind-sheltered spot. For especially sweet, fully brown-ripened fruit, a long, warm ripening phase is worthwhile.
In a pot, we recommend at least 8 litres, ideally 10 litres; 15–20 litres offers extra root room if you have the space. Water evenly, avoid waterlogging, and feed regularly with a suitable tomato or vegetable fertiliser during growth and fruiting.
Chocolate Beauty is frost-sensitive. Frost-free overwintering is botanically possible, but with peppers is usually only practised under very good conditions.
Variety Data
Botanical species: Capsicum annuum
Variety type: sweet bell pepper
Origin: a historic variety; origin not clearly documented
Heat: 0 – not hot
Scoville: 0 SHU
Flavour: sweet, juicy, mild and aromatic
Fruit colour: green → chocolate brown
Fruit size: approx. 7–10 cm
Fruit shape: blocky, thick-fleshed
Plant height: approx. 50–70 cm
Growth: compact and bushy
Ripening time: early to medium, approx. 60–80 days from planting out under warm conditions
Pot size: at least 8 litres, ideally 10 litres; 15–20 litres ideal
Use: raw, grilling, roasting, stuffing, oven vegetables and pickling
Overwintering: possible frost-free
Special feature: a sweet pepper with chocolate-brown ripening fruit
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Chocolate Beauty Sweet Pepper - Chilli Plant
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Chocolate Beauty – a sweet pepper with chocolate-brown fruit
The Chocolate Beauty sweet pepper plant is a sweet Capsicum annuum variety with no heat at all. Its special appeal lies in the thick-fleshed fruit, which ripens from green to a deep chocolate brown. You'll find more varieties from our own growing among our chilli plants.
Is Chocolate Beauty hot?
No. Chocolate Beauty sits at 0 Scoville Heat Units and is a classic sweet pepper. That also makes it suitable for anyone who wants aromatic Capsicum fruit without any heat. At 0 SHU, it belongs in the sweet pepper and mild chilli plants category.
Brown bell pepper with compact growth
Chocolate Beauty produces blocky, thick-fleshed fruit of about 7–10 cm that ripens to a rich chocolate brown with some violet-brown nuances. At usually 50–70 cm, the plant stays comparatively compact, which makes it well suited to larger pots, patios, raised beds or greenhouses.
Ideal for stuffing, roasting and grilling
Thanks to its thick flesh, Chocolate Beauty is especially versatile: fresh, stuffed, grilled or oven-roasted. Raw, it works well in salads and on snack platters, as well as in roasted vegetables or pickled. For the full brown colour, let the fruit fully ripen on the plant.
Growing Chocolate Beauty
We recommend a sunny, warm and wind-sheltered spot. For especially sweet, fully brown fruit, a long, warm ripening phase pays off. Plan for at least 8, ideally 10 litres of pot volume, or 15–20 litres if you have the space. Water evenly, avoid waterlogging and feed the plant regularly with tomato or vegetable fertiliser during growth and fruiting.
Chocolate Beauty in our Heiße Schokolade
We grow Chocolate Beauty ourselves in Illmitz and use the fruit in our Heiße Schokolade hot sauce. There, the sweet, dark pepper meets Habanero Chocolate – a deliberate interplay of mild pepper aroma, dark fruit colour and clear habanero heat.
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