Alientown Cactus and Chile Company Co. is an “accidental enterprise” that grew out of a love for everything New Mexican and the realization that everything about prickly pears is awesome. And New Mexico green chile. It’s awesome too. In 2018 we got our hands on a very small harvest of prickly pears - just a few pounds. We managed to make a few jars of jelly out of the pears and loved it so much, we vowed to get more the next year. In 2019, we went on a hunt for local opuntias and were amazed at just how readily they are available - if you’re looking for them. This time we picked several GALLONS of the fruit and started giving away samples of jelly and syrup. When people started asking where they could buy it, we knew we might be on to something and Alientown Cactus and Chile Company was born.

Our hometown is famous for the 1947 “Roswell Incident” in which an Unidentified Flying Object - allegedly - crashed not too far from town. Do you believe? We’re not sure, but either way, we couldn’t ignore the fact that it would be great fun to tie the mystery of this event into creating tasty treats made from uniquely New Mexico ingredients.