Cherry pepper are mild to moderately hot peppers that are small, round, and red, hence the name. Cherry peppers are commonly pickled and found on salad bars or in jars on grocery store shelves. They are most often used as a condiment, are part of an antipasto platter, or can be stuffed and made into poppers.
Though the cherry pepper sounds like a sweet variety of Capsicum annuum, it does have a spicy profile, which can range in intensity depending on the variety; cherry peppers are 2,500 to 5,000 on the Scoville scale, coming in a little behind jalapenos. Some cherry peppers may lean on the sweet side while others will have more of a kick. Because of their firm skin, cherry peppers are one of the best peppers to pickle.
Cherry peppers are often confused with pimentos because of their similar appearance and use. Pimentos, however, are a lot less spicy and sweeter than the cherry pepper and are heart-shaped while cherry peppers are spherical. They do both offer a similar flavor and can be interchanged.
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