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Anybody know where I can buy these have habanero scotch bonnet peppers? Both Walmart and Sobey‘s west and used to carry them but no longer do. I need them for an authentic Jamaican jerk recipe marinade.

Will you share that recipe

Sure. Sunny Anderson’s Caribbean Jerk Wings. Just google that. Spices have to be fresh and you need Scotch Bonnet habanero peppers. A splash of spiced rom doesn’t hurt either.

Superstore usually has a good selection of hot peppers. If they don't have that specific one, just get the hottest one they have. The taste won't be very different.  
 
If it's heat, you can either increase the quantity of less hot peppers, or if the original recipe calls for deveining/seeding the pepper, you can leave that part in as that's where the heat mostly is.  
 
Edit: just found the recipe and calls for seeded habernero. If you take a couple of jalapenos other hot pepper but leave the seeds and interior white part intact, you'll get more than enough heat. The base flavour is similar.  
 
Edited by Abbysmum, 2021-07-16 12:47:49

Update. Just found the peppers at Sobey’s West End now I’m set to go. The Scotch Bonnets do make a difference because I have tried that before. Add a splash of spiced rum and grill over wood or lump charcoal, maybe throw on some Bob Marley music and you get the real Jamaican experience