The Salty Habanero

Hickory Smoked Trinidad Scorpion Infused Sea Salt

This is the gateway to the "super hot" sea salts that Spice Girls Pepper Company makes.  Born from our test kitchen, it has been a customer favorite.  You'll notice a strong sweet aroma, that you'll taste with any pairing, finishing with a mild heat.

We source these peppers from our friends at Ronnie Moore's farm, right down the road in Meadow, North Carolina.  This allows us to maintain the freshness of our ingredients and support our partners in North Carolina Agriculture. The scorpions are hand picked for our procurement.  We deseed them, then they are pureed to a fine mash, so that they can be integrated into our sea salt.  The infused salt is then hickory smoked to dehydrate it, and finally it is packaged right here at our farm.

We use Sel Gris salt in all of our infused pepper salts, coming to us from Guérande, France.  This coarse finishing salt is a mineral rich French grey sea salt, loaded with flavor.  Our pepper flavor and spice take it over the top!  Infusing the salt with the peppers, rather than dehydrating the peppers then adding them to the salt, yields a more flavorful product that we hope you'll enjoy.  

This stuff is mildly hot and is a great additive to any meal, taking it up a notch without the drastic change in flavor you would experience with a hot sauce.  Use it just like any other finishing salt, when you want to add a little kick to your dish.  Let us know what you use it on, we love to hear about and try recommendations from our customers!