胡椒薄荷（学名：Mentha × piperita，英语：Peppermint）唇形科年生草本植物，是一种被广泛种植的杂交薄荷，原产于欧洲，可用于食物的调味料。这个薄荷品种是由绿薄荷（Mentha spicata，英语：Spearmint）与水薄荷（Mentha aquatica，英语：Watermint）杂交而成的.

这种薄荷最早是由瑞典生物学家卡尔·林奈（Carl von Linné）在英国采集样本时发现并命名；林奈认为此植物是一个新物种，但是现在学术界已达成共识，将胡椒薄荷归类于杂交植物。

Peppermint (Mentha × piperita, also known as M. balsamea Willd.) is a hybrid mint, a cross between watermint and spearmint. The plant, indigenous to Europe and the Middle East, is now widespread in cultivation in many regions of the world. It is found wild occasionally with its parent species.