I was planning to ask the same. What is the freezing process? I picked a bunch Thurs and forgot to take them to work to give away so now I have about 100 peppers.
A quick web search says bell peppers or other large peppers are chopped mainly to save freezer space but peppers can be frozen whole. Every article says chop the top off and scoop out membrane and seeds. I think that's done beforehand because after thawing, they'll be softer and it would be harder to do that then. Most articles also say to freeze them on a cookie sheet and then bag them so you don't end up with a frozen mass of peppers and you can pull out a few at a time as needed.
No blanching required.
When I do bell peppers, I either slice or dice them before freezing, and put on wax paper on cookie sheets first. Then I stick them in freezer bags. (I do onions this way also).
I’m thinking that for some of the smaller shishitos, I can just freeze them whole, and will chop up the larger ones. Not that I have a ton left, but I do intend to buy more when I can find them.
I’m not usually a Target shopper, but that’s where I found these. I was only there to get a juice that I use to make rum punch, and it’s the last store that had any in stock. I didn’t want to make another stop so did a quick check in their produce section, and I was very surprised to find the shishito peppers there. I haven’t checked Meijer and Fresh Thyme yet, but I can say that Kroger and Walmart do not carry shishitos. At least, not the ones near me.