Southern Sweet
No heatSweet-roasted Virginia peanuts with a touch of salt and no pepper heat—crisp, simple, and satisfyingly sweet-and-salty.
Small-batch roasted and candied in Reston, Virginia.
Pi’s Peanuts
From no spice at all to outrageously hot.
Eight bold flavors let you choose your heat—or take the Peanut Challenge and try them all.
Choose your stopping point
Choose from eight small-batch flavors, from Southern Sweet with no pepper heat to Carolina Chaos with Carolina Reaper. Pick your favorites or build your own tasting assortment.
Sweet-roasted Virginia peanuts with a touch of salt and no pepper heat—crisp, simple, and satisfyingly sweet-and-salty.
Sweet-roasted Virginia peanuts with a touch of salt and fruity French Piment d’Espelette for a gentle, nuanced warmth.
Sweet-roasted Virginia peanuts with a touch of salt and cayenne pepper for a familiar, clean kick of heat.
Sweet-roasted Virginia peanuts with a touch of salt, Sichuan peppercorns, and cayenne for bright heat and a lively tingle.
Sweet-roasted Virginia peanuts with a touch of salt and fruity Scotch bonnet pepper for a bold Caribbean-style kick.
Sweet-roasted Virginia peanuts with a touch of salt and fruity habanero pepper for bright, building heat.
Sweet-roasted Virginia peanuts with a touch of salt and ghost pepper for deep, slow-building heat that keeps climbing.
Sweet-roasted Virginia peanuts with a touch of salt and Carolina Reaper pepper for intense, outrageously hot heat.
Here for a limited time
Rotating flavors for the season, holidays, and occasional small-batch experiments. These specials are separate from the eight-flavor Peanut Ladder.
Spicy peanut sampler · all eight flavors
Try the complete Pi's Peanuts heat ladder in one sampler: eight 1 oz portions ranging from sweet with no spice to outrageously hot Carolina Reaper. Share it with friends or see how high you can climb.
Climb with caution: the last few rungs are seriously hot.
Pi’s Peanuts is a Reston, Virginia small business making Virginia peanuts in small batches. Each batch gets a crisp, sweet-and-salty candy coating, with flavors ranging from no pepper heat to some of the hottest peppers in the world.
The name “Pi” carries a bit of family history. It was the nickname of both my grandfather and my father, and for a brief time during my youth basketball years, it became my nickname too. As a kid, I clearly remember him frequently grabbing a handful of peanuts from the can. They were his favorite snack.
Pi’s Peanuts brings those memories together in every batch: family tradition, Virginia peanuts, a satisfying crunch, and flavors ranging from mild and sweet to seriously hot.
The story behind every stop
Each name connects its pepper and flavor to a place—from Virginia sweetness to South Carolina's legendary Reaper.
Spice: None
Pure sweet-and-salty candied crunch with no pepper heat, letting the Virginia peanut take center stage.
Name connection: Virginia peanuts and classic Southern sweetness.
Spice: Piment d'Espelette
Gently warm, fruity, and nuanced—a mellow first step onto the heat ladder.
Name connection: Espelette pepper comes from the French Basque Country.
Spice: Cayenne pepper
A clean, familiar pepper kick that builds on the sweet coating without overpowering it.
Name connection: Inspired by the bold cayenne-seasoned cooking of Louisiana bayou country.
Spice: Sichuan peppercorns and cayenne
Bright heat meets the distinctive citrusy, mouth-tingling sensation of Sichuan peppercorns.
Name connection: Sichuan peppercorns are closely associated with Sichuan cuisine in China.
Spice: Scotch bonnet pepper
Fruity and aromatic at first, followed by a lively tropical heat that keeps building.
Name connection: Scotch bonnet is one of the signature peppers of Caribbean cooking.
Spice: Habanero pepper
Bright, fruity habanero flavor with a serious but flavorful burst of heat.
Name connection: Habaneros are deeply rooted in the cuisine of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.
Spice: Ghost pepper
Intense, slow-building heat that turns the candied crunch into a true challenge.
Name connection: Ghost pepper comes from northeastern India, in the greater Himalayan region.
Spice: Carolina Reaper pepper
Fiercely hot with a surprisingly fruity edge—made for experienced heat seekers.
Name connection: The Carolina Reaper was developed in South Carolina.
Contact Us
Contact us with questions about flavors, orders, Virginia shipping, or local pickup in Reston.
Email mike@pipeanuts.com