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Difference between Red hot peppers and Red hots

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red hot peppers —(also: Chili peppers) a pungent red pod of the genus Capsicum:

  • Add the juice of 1⁄2 lemon, salt and a good pinch of dried red hot peppers.

red hots—(U.S.)

1. a type of small candy with a powerful cinnamon flavor:

  • Red Hots are perhaps the best known type of spicy candy.

2. hotdogs, especially sold by street vendors:

  • Whether you call them hot dogs, red hots or frankfurters, try some new recipe ideas.