Fried Chicken Pepper Plants

Description

Fried Chicken-(Capsicum chinense)-The Fried Chicken pepper was created by master grower Rocco Maltesi of Italy. It was created around 2016-2017 and was made crossing a BBG Mammp with a Jays Peach Ghost Scorpion. Its original nicknames were Bubblegum Skin or BubbleSkin. Sometime around 2023 photos from growers Jeff Hobbs and Alex Casillas were shared on social media and comments were made by others that the peppers looked like Fried Chicken! So, the new name Fried Chicken chile was born and it stuck. However as recently as 2025 some seed vendors sell it under the guise that it’s their pepper. They do this by never mentioning Rocco in their marketing or webstores. Not to be controversial but we must always credit the original breeders whether the name changes or not. The Fried Chicken chiles ripen to a color like Fried Chicken batter! The flavor is slightly sweet but earthy. The heat level of the Fried Chicken pepper is equal to that of any Peach superhot which is close to 1,000,000 SHU. The Fried Chicken chile plants grow well over 5 feet tall.