Chile Pepper Fun Facts - Bolivian Rainbow Pepper
The colors of the rainbow... Just like Skittles!!
The Bolivian Rainbow Pepper is a beautiful rainbow variety of chili peppers that will a pop of color to any garden or dish. The small naturally bushy plant produces hundreds of small, teardrop shaped, hot chilies that start life creamy, turn purple, then golden, then orange and finally fire-engine red!
Small fruits turn from purple to yellow and then to red when mature. All colors are on the plant at once in a showy rainbow of peppers. The peppers are edible, too, make them into hot sauce, to flavor soups or stews, or add spice to other dishes like burritos, tacos or enchiladas.
Ornamental peppers are truly beautiful – from the onyx-like Black Pearl to the colorful Bolivian Rainbow. But are the fruits of these plants more than just window dressing? Can you eat ornamental peppers or are they just for show. The good news: ornamental peppers are safe to eat.