Starting off my series of reviews from the products I received at this years Weekend of Fire is from Cape Fear Pepper Company. Tracy Campbell’s wife makes this delicious product and has had many people clamoring to try to pry the recipe away from her…the stuff is just that good!
Buccaneer Bites Ingredients: Peanuts, sugar, butter, chocolate (sugar, corn starch, partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, corn syrup solids, nonfat dry milk, milk powder, cocoa, soya lecithin, artificial and natural flavors), crisp rice, spices, salt.
According to Tracy, these usually come in bars but the heat attacked it and melded them together while we were at the show. What’s contained in the jar, melted or not, still looks like tasty little treats to me! So out comes the knife to pry a chunk off. The first thing to hit is the smooth and sweet taste of chocolate and next come the peanuts. Now, I’m not a big fan of either but it is in just the right combo here. A slight sweetness that lasts all the way to the end along with a peanut taste that comes and goes.
The crisp rice makes it nice and…well…crispy. There is a tiny amount of heat, and I do mean tiny. Even after eating half the bottle (boy am I going to be hyper) I still didn’t get a burn going. Now, if I had to guess at what pepper they used (and I do, this is a review after all), I would say Habanero. I know it sounds crazy, but hear me out.
I wanted to say Cayenne at first just because it’s so generic. But after thinking long and hard on it, I decided to go with Habanero. They must have used the slightest sprinkle of dried Habanero powder to get it to be so mild. But some signs are there of that pepper. There’s a back of the throat burn and the slight build of heat. Both of these (especially the location of the burn) scream Habanero.
I want to say more about this product, but it’s so straight forward and simple, I really can’t say anything more than I have. It’s just a fantastic snack, bit too sweet and mild, but a pepper product none the less. Excellent job Mrs. Campbell!
Taste: 8.5, Heat: 0.14
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Passow,
…This product has been a hit for several years with locals and anyone else who has had the opportunity to try them. Last year, Sue placed 4th out of 97 entrants in the First Florida Azalea Fest hosted by Kato’s. Maybe one of these days we can turn it into a product for mass consumption. Until then, these goodies will just have to be for the fortunate few who just happen to be in the right place at the right time.
Sue sends her “Thank You” for the kind words and for such a great review.
I thought I’d blew it when I discovered these treats had melted in the cooler, that I forgot(Ooops)to put ice in, but the taste and some of the heat obviously withstood the test. Yeah that’s it! “R&D is what I was doing. I did it on purpose dear”
“The Heat Calls To Us”
Cap’n
Comment fired by Cape Fear Pepper Company — September 21, 2008- 3:36 pm
I’m glad I was one of the fortunate few
Comment fired by Jonathan Passow — September 21, 2008- 3:43 pm
So you held out on us scallyewags at WoF. Sounds like great stuff; hopefully, we be fortunate enough to try it some day.
Comment fired by Turk — September 22, 2008- 11:17 am
I had a chunk and they are very good.
Comment fired by hudd — September 22, 2008- 11:43 am
“So you held out on us scallyewags at WoF.”
Wow, haven’t heard the word “scalleywag” in 20 years. I actually received this from The Cap’n when we were at CaJohn’s factory the day after WoF
Had to keep my eye on Buddah….he kept stealing the bottle from me.
Comment fired by Jonathan Passow — September 22, 2008- 3:03 pm
These things are *awesome*
Snagged some at FMK & had them devoured before I even got to the interstate.
Comment fired by Jim Campbell — September 22, 2008- 8:30 pm
Mmmmm…. It’s 7:30am, I am drinking coffee, and I am hungry. These sound especially tasty right now.
Comment fired by Dave Mennenoh — October 9, 2008- 7:40 am
Mmmm….me thinks you are right. Since I’m all out of these, I guess I’ll have to have a slice of my Defcon ZERO Pumpkin Pie instead.
Comment fired by Jonathan Passow — October 9, 2008- 8:28 am
Ooohhh. Pumpkin Pie with heat. Sounds like a winner, I’m gonna have to experiment… Thanks Jon!
Comment fired by Dave Mennenoh — October 10, 2008- 8:35 am
Served up Pumpkin Pie at Open Fields- one had chipotle and the other was made with Fatalii
Comment fired by Jim Campbell — October 10, 2008- 1:41 pm
Did you use powder or the diced up peppers? That chipotle sounds really good!
Comment fired by Jonathan Passow — October 10, 2008- 3:20 pm
If you weren’t so concerned with things like work, you’d could have tried them yourself
I used powder. I was afraid using fresh would have overwhelmed the pies. Just wanted a hint of flavor and all of the heat.
Comment fired by Jim Campbell — October 12, 2008- 7:30 am