Jay's Pink Black

Jay's Pink Black is a United States Capsicum chinense cultivar developed from the Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion line, with sources tying it to Pennsylvania. It is grown as a dark, highly ornamental superhot with large elongated pods, heavy wrinkling, and strong visual contrast between very dark foliage and equally dramatic fruit. The variety is repeatedly described as a distinct dark variant rather than a standard peach form, giving it a separate identity within the broader Jay's Peach Ghost Scorpion family.

The plant is known for dark purple to nearly black foliage and long, thin-walled pods that begin deep purple to black before developing red or orange undertones as they mature. Growers and sellers describe the pods as large, wrinkly and long, with a bold superhot presence and a look that makes the plant valuable as much for display as for harvest. The plants are also described as hardy, vigorous, and productive through the middle to later part of the season.

In flavour and use, Jay's Pink Black is described as fruity, sweet, and intensely hot, with heat commonly placed in the upper superhot range and often stated around or above one million Scoville units. That profile makes it suited to very hot sauces, spicy pastes, and powders where both colour and flavour matter, rather than being grown only as a novelty. Its place in pepper culture comes from that mix of extreme heat, dark foliage, and dramatic ripening, which has helped it circulate among collectors and growers looking for superhots with a stronger ornamental presence than standard red types.