Sure, it's 100% vinegar brine so you can reduce the sugar as much as you want. Of course, at some point you're just going to end up with pickled peppers, so if you don't want sweet at all, why don't you just start with a pickled pepper recipe? You can even do just *some* sugar and end up with sort of a bread and butter pickled pepper.

Here's just one - NCHFP has many vegetable pickle recipes, you can always sub hot peppers for sweet (in same amount/weight, obviously not count) if a bell pepper recipe looks interesting.

The Joy of Pickling has a lot of pepper recipes too.

Here is a link that might be useful: Pickled peppers

Jalapenos can be maddening. Some are hot, others, not so much. When I make "jalapeno" jelly, I usually end up using mostly serranos. Maybe try a hotter pepper?

ajsmama: I have about 15 pints of plain pickled jalapenos in my pantry right now because my family puts them on everything from breakfast burritos to pizza. We just love it. I was hoping to get a sweet and spicy mix to serve with cream cheese and crackers for the Holiday's. Anyway thank you for your reply I will decrease the sugar and see how it goes with my next batch.

ekgrows: I didn't think to use a hotter pepper I'll have to try that. I often mix jalapenos with hotter peppers when I am making salsa because I never know if I'm gonna get hot jalapenos or not. Thank you for your response as well.

I have found this recipe in several places online, but always with directions for water bath canning. Do you ever pressure can it? If not, why not?

I know this is an older thread but if using the above recipe, could some of the sugar be replaced by honey? If so how much could safely be replaced and would Tue other ingredients have to he changed?

You can in this particular recipe because it is a straight vinegar recipe so it can cope with the changed pH. In any recipe for these that calls for diluted vinegar it wouldn't be as safe. But it will change the flavor and alter the gel coating result. How much is up to you but the general recommendation is no more than 1/4 of the total amount. And of course the standard limitations on using honey would apply - no young children or adults with compromised immune systems.

Dave