Our Provisions Pantry spices have been hand-selected by our experts, from high quality basics to the more esoteric. Chipotle peppers, stemming from the Nahuatl word chilpoctli (meaning "smoked chili"), are actually dried, smoked jalapeno peppers. Their smoky-sweet flavor is often used in Southwestern and Mexican dishes to impart a relatively mild but earthy spiciness in everything from chili to barbeque.