This is our go-to cooking pepper! Sweet Italian Peppers are large sweet peppers that range from 4-7" long. Their thick walls make them a great stuffing pepper plus they hold up to roasting and grilling. It’s just as tasty chopped for salads, sliced for sandwiches, or diced for soups. They’re also delicious raw, so try them as a side for dips. Ripe peppers will keep for about five days on the counter or longer in a plastic bag in the refrigerator. Since they are ethylene sensitive, try to store them away from ethylene-producing fruit which will make them spoil faster. Once roasted, put them in a jar with olive oil and keep them in the refrigerator for weeks, if not longer. Roasted peppers also freeze well in ziploc bags.