DeLallo Sweet & Tangy Red Pepper Drops, Non-GMO, 4.3 oz

Pepper drops are small, teardrop-shaped peppers sitting in a sweet-tangy vinegar marinade, the style of pickled pepper shoppers often go looking for when they want brightness and only a whisper of heat. DeLallo's are grown in Peru. What you taste first is the sweetness, then the vinegar snap, with the pepper flavor arriving behind both.

DeLallo has built its catalog around Italian specialty foods, and this jar belongs to its antipasto range. The peppers are hollow and firm enough to hold a filling, so they take well to a knot of goat cheese or a pearl of mozzarella. On a board they give the plate a spot of red between the cured meats and the cheese, and on pizza or flatbread they keep their shape in the oven instead of collapsing.

They are also good scattered whole through a pasta salad or a grain bowl, sliced over a sandwich, or speared as a cocktail garnish. The label carries a Non-GMO claim.