You may want to try Red Macaroni. I have never grown them before. I received my seeds too late to start this year. However I will be growing them next year especially after reading about them on this thread.

Giant Macaroni and Golden Macaroni are also recommended in this thread.

Here is a link that might be useful: Red Macaroni Peppers

yellow sweet banana peppers are pretty tasty.

Super Sheppard,Sugar banana & Sweet bite(small red & orange)

gypsy and carmen are sweet non-bells that container well

I have to agree with shelby on this one. Carmen are the sweetest non-bells i've ever had. I've got 15 plants growing right now, putting out pods like gangbusters. Last year we stuffed them with shredded chicken, shitaki(sp) mushrooms and muenster cheese and then roasted them; they were unbelievably sweet.

Thanks! I am having a hard time finding plants of the vrieties listed, so at least I'll know for next year and start from seeds.

Yes, in too many areas people are still very attached to the bells as the only sweet peppers they'd grow so it's sometimes the only thing going at garden centers. I'm not counting sweet peppers that aren't really sweet such as cubanelles.

Personally, I don't want a huge bell pepper every time I need a pepper and I have much greater luck and yields with smaller chilis. It's also easier to portion out since I'm preparing for 1-2 people most of the time.

YEs! Got my girl to eat some fresh marconi peppers and...Success!

I think people are on the right track. Carmen or Giant Marconi will probably be easier to grow than bells. Jimmy Nardello is also wonderful in flavor.

Gypsy is a good suggestion also. Very productive and pretty.

last year we found Yoyo it is a red sweet pepper and it is an heirloom to boot. great flavor and i am not a fan of Bell's.

WM

So far the best sweet pepper I've had is Chervena Chushka, an heirloom from Bulgaria/Macedonia. They are large, sweet red peppers and the plants are very productive.

http://www.brenckle.com/product.php?p=HLP009

Pimento Tangerine are very sweet.

DH bought a seedling of Mexibell from a big box store early May and it has been in veg bed ever since. The plant is covered with bright red, short and stocky, thick-walled sweet peppers. Watch out because the name can be confusing. I think "Mexibell" is used to describe 2 different types of peppers. The kind we have is sweet and tasty. The thick wall is great when stuffed or in stir fry. The plant is super productive - I have harvested more than 20 in the past week and new ones keep coming. It performs much better than my green bell.