# What to do with twilight peppers?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-twilight-peppers/370713
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 29, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-twilight-peppers/370713 "2006-08-29T21:09:21Z")
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### Author: ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-twilight-peppers/370713/1 "2006-08-29T21:09:21Z")

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I bought a twilight pepper plant because it was both pretty and the label said they were edible. Some searches on the internet seem to suggest they are not edible. Anybody have any experience with eating these peppers?

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### Author: ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-twilight-peppers/370713/2 "2006-08-29T23:13:20Z")

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> [@Christopher](#):
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> I bought a twilight pepper plant because it was both pretty and the label said they were edible. Some searches on the internet seem to suggest they are not edible. Anybody have any experience with eating these peppers?

If they are the Numex Twilight peppers, my guess is that they ARE edible in the sense that they won’t kill you, but peppers described as ornamentals are often sold as such not only because they are purty but because they are blisteringly hot.

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### Author: ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-twilight-peppers/370713/3 "2006-08-30T05:20:00Z")

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So my idea of a habenero/twilight salsa is more of a WMD formula than a novel idea for a colorful chip dip.

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### Author: ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2006, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-twilight-peppers/370713/4 "2006-08-30T05:32:12Z")

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I should add, those are the two peppers I’m growing.