Hungarian Cheese Stuffing Pepper Seeds
🧀 Hungarian Cheese Pepper Capsicum annuum · Plump, ribbed, and ridiculously versatile — the Hungarian Cheese Pepper looks like a mini cheese wheel 🧀 and eats like a premium sweet pepper. Thick, juicy walls and a crisp bite make it a sta...
- Packet
- 10+ seeds per packet
- Maturity
- 75-80 days from transplant
- Germination
- 25-29 C; allow 7-14 days
- Heat
- 0 SHU
- Type
- Capsicum annuum sweet pepper
- Plant habit
- Compact sweet stuffing pepper
- Seed line
- Open-pollinated
- Origin
- Hungarian pimento type
- Best for
- Stuffing, pickling, roasting, fresh snacks
- Packed for
- Packed for 2026
A practical sweet pepper for Canadian gardens; start indoors 8-10 weeks before transplanting.
🧀 Hungarian Cheese Pepper
Capsicum annuum
Plump, ribbed, and ridiculously versatile — the Hungarian Cheese Pepper looks like a mini cheese wheel 🧀 and eats like a premium sweet pepper. Thick, juicy walls and a crisp bite make it a star for roasting, stuffing, and raw snacking. Fruits ripen from creamy ivory 🤍 ➜ sunset orange 🧡 ➜ deep red ❤️, so every stage is plate-worthy.
👅 Flavor Profile:
Sweet 🍯, clean, and juicy 💦 with a satisfying crunch. Zero bitterness.
🍴 Culinary Uses:
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🧀 Stuffing machine — hello feta, ricotta, sausage, grains
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🔥 Roast/Grill — caramelizes beautifully, skins peel easily
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🫙 Pickle or marinate thick slices for antipasto boards
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🥗 Raw — thick walls = perfect for dipping & chopped salads
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🌶️ Paprika-lite — slow-dry and grind for a sweet pepper powder
👨🍳 Chef’s Pitch:
Thick-walled, ribbed cups that hold their shape under heat = plating gold. Stuff, roast, or quarter and char — you get sweet, juicy flesh and clean knife cuts every time. A reliable, zero-heat pepper that plays with everything from briny cheeses to rich meats. Visual pop + consistent yield = menu-friendly workhorse.
🌱 Growing Notes:
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⏱ Early to mid-season, very productive
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🪴 Compact, sturdy plants (great in beds or large containers)
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🎨 Color progression: ivory ➜ orange ➜ red
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📏 2.5–3.5" wide, squat & ribbed “cheese wheel” shape
🌶 Scoville Heat Units (SHU): 0 — sweet pepper, no heat
Want the curated set? This variety is also included in the No-Heat Pepper Pack.
Start indoors 8–10 weeks before last frost. Germinate at 26–30 °C on a heat mat; peppers stall below 22 °C. Pot up to 10–15 cm before hardening off outside after nights stay above 12 °C.
Feed balanced through bloom, then bump potassium for fruiting. Stake taller varieties. More detail in our full Canadian growing guide.
Match the pepper to the technique: thin-walled varieties blister fast in a hot pan; thick-walled ones roast or stuff beautifully; fruit-forward ones make balanced sauces and pickles. The variety's flavour profile is your shortcut — see Choosing the right pepper for a use-case guide.


























