United Cigars Releases Bandolero Firecracker 2026

The 2026 return of the Bandolero Firecracker is here. First introduced in 2006, the Firecracker line features its signature fuse-shaped head.

Created in partnership with Selected Tobacco, the Bandolero Firecracker 2026 is built on a blend featuring Dominican, Nicaraguan, and Peruvian fillers, secured with an Ecuadorian binder and enveloped in a dark, 5th Priming, Ecuadorian Habano Maduro wrapper historically reserved for the Bandolero Aventureros line. Measuring 3 ½ x 50, this edition preserves the Firecracker shape.

“United Firecrackers are about our nation’s tradition reimagined in tobacco,” said Oliver Nivaud, Director of Operations for United Cigars. “The Bandolero Firecracker 2026 is the culmination of two years of patient post-roll aging, and it delivers everything you could expect from a legend like Nelson Alfonso.”

The Bandolero Firecracker 2026 will be available in cedar aging boxes of 20, with a suggested retail of $9 per cigar. This year’s release will reach United Firecracker Retailers nationwide in late summer, following the completion of the required two-year post-roll aging period, in multi-cedar lined rooms.