Chocolate Covered Peppers

The Mayans and Aztecs were two of the earliest consumers of chocolate, but unlike Europeans who followed, they didn’t sweeten their chocolate drinks. They peppered them with hot chili peppers.

Keeping that in mind, makes the idea of chocolate covered peppers not such a crazy idea. If you’re looking for a really unique gift idea and you’ve got someone who loves chocolate and can’t get enough pepper, spicing up your gift-giving with some gourmet chocolate covered jalapeños is an option this Christmas.

They come in 1 and 2 pound packages. You can select a combination of milk, white and dark chocolates or choose solid milk chocolate, solid dark chocolate or solid white chocolate. You’re not limited to jalapeños. The Chocolate Covered Company will also dip colorful sweet peppers in chocolate.

A pound of all milk chocolate covered jalapeños sells for $63.90.