your guide to peppers heat-o-meter sweet sweet mild rainbow sweet hot very hot ftve poblano gentle heat-just right for hot very hot green sweet succulent for snacking and great jalapeño and chipotle habanero mini sweet superb for snacking and make perfect parcels for stuffing serrano garnishes and making hot sauce thai to add subtle flavour and heat select peppers that are firm and free of soft spots or blemishes store whole peppers in the fridge for up to one week; keep them dry to prevent spoiling fresh peppers lose crispiness when frozen but they're still great used in cooked sauces
