SeasonSort Week of Sep 4 · updated Fri

Jalapeño Peppers

Peak season in the Midwest · steady this week

$0.99 /lb

This week

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Vs last week

Calories/serv

0 g

Protein/serv

Seasonality of jalapeño peppers

This vegetable is at its local-harvest peak from July through September, and is sold in stores year-round. This week it's peak season in the Midwest — buying it in season usually means better quality and, as the regional prices below show, a lower price.

Nutrition · per 30g serving

Calories

0.3 g

Protein

2 g

Carbs

0.1 g

Fat

0.8 g

Fiber

Per a typical 30g serving, scaled from the per-100g figures in USDA FoodData Central (Peppers, jalapeno, raw).

Cheapest jalapeño peppers this week, by region

Buying jalapeño peppers in the Midwest saves about 67% versus the Northeast this week.

Buying jalapeño peppers

How to pick a good one: Smooth, dark green, and firm. Fine white lines on the skin — corking — indicate a more mature, hotter pepper, which is useful if you want heat and avoidable if you do not. Soft or wrinkled ones have lost their punch.
What a good price looks like: Usually $1.50 to $3 a pound, which sounds steep until you notice a recipe uses one. Buy them loose rather than in a packet: you almost never need a full punnet, and they are one of the few fresh items where buying exactly two of something is practical. They freeze whole with no preparation and lose very little.
What you actually get: Jalapeños are sold loose and weigh about 15 g each, so a pound is a lot of chillies — roughly 30. For most cooking, one or two peppers is a serving decision rather than a weight one. Deseeding costs about a quarter of the weight and most of the heat.

Storing and cooking jalapeño peppers

How to store it: Loose in the crisper for two to three weeks; they are hardier than most fresh produce. They also freeze whole with almost no loss for cooking use.
In the kitchen: Nearly all the heat is in the pale pith and the seeds attached to it, not in the flesh, so removing the ribs turns a hot jalapeño into a mild one without losing the flavour. Wear gloves, or wash your hands with oil and then soap — capsaicin is oil-soluble and water alone just spreads it. Charring the skin under a broiler tames the raw green edge and makes them noticeably sweeter.
Getting the most out of it: Most of the heat sits in the pale pith, not the seeds, so scraping the ribs out controls the burn better than deseeding does. When they are cheap, pickle them, or roast and blend them into a sauce. Wash your hands well before touching your eyes.

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Price from the USDA National Retail Report. Nutrition per typical serving, computed from USDA FoodData Central.

Jalapeño Peppers — FAQ

When can you buy jalapeño peppers in season?

This vegetable is at its local-harvest peak from July through September, and is sold in stores year-round. This week the Midwest has jalapeño peppers marked peak season.

What's the price of jalapeño peppers right now?

As of the week of September 4, 2026, the price of jalapeño peppers in the Midwest is $0.99/lb, unchanged from last week.

How many calories and how much protein are in jalapeño peppers?

A typical 30g serving of jalapeño peppers has about 9 calories, 0.3g protein, 2g carbohydrates, 0.1g fat, and 0.8g fiber, per USDA FoodData Central.

What can I make with jalapeño peppers?

SeasonSort indexes 825 recipes that use jalapeño peppers, each with its cost per serving computed from this week's prices — starting from about $0.06 a serving. The cheapest are listed on this page, with a link to the full filtered list.