Perfect for salsas, meat rubs, marinades, and chili sauces. Chipolte chilis are Jalapeño chili peppers that are allowed to fully ripen and then are smoked dry, usually over mesquite wood, for several days. The result of this process yields a chili that lends a mildly hot and earthy spiciness to dishes. About 40,000 heat on the Scoville scale.