Bōkun Habanero is a Japanese snack food. The name means "Tyrant Habanero", where habanero is the name of one of the world's hottest chili pepper

Chili pepper

Chili pepper is the fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae. The term in British English and in Australia, New Zealand, India, Malaysia and other Asian countries is just chilli without pepper.Chili peppers originated in the Americas...

s. Its name derives from a play on words linking Habanero and "Tyrant Nero

Nero

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The snack consists of potato rings, and is moderately spicy by Japanese standards.

The package features the original tyrant habanero, a chili pepper with a sadistic grin. The bebiita version features his younger sister, and the bebinero version features the original tyrant in his younger days.

Each 55g packet contains 297.3 calories.

Trivia

• Bōkun Habanero is the focus of a popular Japanese meme
  Meme
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   that started on the popular Japanese BBS
  Bulletin board system
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   2chan
  Futaba Channel
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  . The meme revolves around an anthropomorphic caricature based on Bōkun Habanero and its mascot. The caricature, Habanero-tan
  Habanero-tan
  Habanero-tan is the unofficial mascot of Bōkun Habanero, the habanero pepper-flavored snacks produced by Tohato. Habanero-tan and her companions with names like "Jalapeño-san" are spices designed to look like cute young girls...
  
  , is of a young, naive girl in a red dress who looks vaguely like a humanoid Habanero pepper.

External links

• Tohato official page features an animated version of Bokun's quest for revenge.
• Boukun.jp alternative official site features more information such as recipes.
• Hot Spicy Snack Wars Story about Boukun Habanero and KaraMucho