• Kara Suhey, raised on peppers, explains

    What are suhey peppers?

    our history

    What do you feed 30 football fans at your house cheering on a bowl game?


    In the 1970’s, Ginger Suhey had 3 sons playing on the Penn State football field. (Matt went onto play for the Chicago Bears.)

    She perfected a hot pepper recipe to serve on cheese & crackers or anything coming off the grill on game day. They became a big hit in the PA & PSU community.

    We kept asking her to write down the recipe and finally she did.

    "Ginger would put together a batch of peppers at night, while having a glass of wine, adding a little of this, a little of that."

    Ginger's sons, Matt and Paul Suhey, on the PSU field in the 70's.

    A football family

    The Suhey’s made the peppers by hand in the garage for many years until 2010 when Ginger's son Paul officially founded Suhey Peppers. He did this not with visions of a pepper empire, but mainly to make sure he would never run out of peppers himself. He's the brand's biggest fan and regularly eats through a significant portion of our inventory.

    A long history

    Bob Higgins, Ginger's Dad, head coach of Penn State football 1930 - 1948. And Steve Suhey, Ginger's husband. He married the coach's daughter. What a stud.

    CONTINUING ON

    Kara Suhey (Ginger's granddaughter) and husband AJ took the reigns and began to grow the business in 2023. These two don't play football, but they tailgate like they're Division I.

    Suhey Peppers is woman and family-owned.

    We source our peppers from an independent farmer in the U.S.