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Cigarillos
Small Cigars, Full Flavour, No Long Commitment
The cigarillo exists for one reason: not every smoke needs an hour set aside for it. Somewhere between a cigarette and a full-size cigar sits a format that gives you real tobacco character in ten to twenty minutes.
That convenience is why this category dominates American cigar sales. Retail studies of top-selling convenience cigars have found the leading products are almost entirely cigarillos, with no large cigars in the top tier at all.
This collection covers the sweet, fruit-led, and natural styles that move fastest, in the pack counts regular smokers actually order.
What Is a Cigarillo?
A cigarillo is a short, narrow cigar made entirely from tobacco, wrapper included. Cigarettes use paper. Cigarillos do not.
Most run 3 to 5 inches long with a ring gauge between 20 and 32. They hold roughly three grams of tobacco, against under one gram in a cigarette.
That size class picks up several names in everyday use. You will see them listed as small cigars, mini cigars, or skinny cigars, and most smokers simply call them rillos. Same product, different shelf label.
Cigarillos vs Little Cigars vs Full-Size Cigars
Most retailers blur these three together. They are genuinely different, and the line is drawn in federal law rather than marketing copy.
The TTB splits the cigar category at three pounds per thousand sticks, which is 1.36 grams each. Below that weight a stick is a small cigar. Above it, a large cigar.
| Cigarillos | Little cigars | Full-size cigars | |
| Length | 3 to 5 in | 4 to 5 in | 5 to 7+ in |
| Ring gauge | 20 to 32 | 20 to 24 | 38 to 60 |
| Filter | Usually none | Almost always | None |
| Federal class | Large cigar | Small cigar | Large cigar |
| Burn time | 10 to 20 min | 5 to 10 min | 45 to 90 min |
| Humidor needed | No | No | Yes |
So little cigars are the filtered, cigarette-shaped sticks sold in 20-count packs. Cigarillos are wider, unfiltered, and legally count as large cigars despite the "little cigar" tag the trade puts on them.
If you want the long-format half of cigars & cigarillos, that sits on the premium cigars page. The wider machine-made range lives under cigars.
Cigarillo Brands in This Collection
The cigarillo brands below carry the collection. Each links through to its full range.
White Owl
The widest lineup here and the most consistently reordered. White Owl covers the classics first: Sweets, Green Sweets, Silver, Platinum, Emerald, and Diamond.
Fruit takes over from there with Grape, Triple Grape, White Grape, Blue Raspberry, Mango, Peach, and Pineapple.
The cocktail and seasonal blends give the brand its edge. White Russian, Maple Bourbon, Jamaican Me Happy, Tropical Twist, Strawberry & Kiwi, Red White & Berry, White Peach & Sangria, and both Moonshine styles in Cherry Pie and Sweet Peach Tea.
Mini cigarillos are stocked too, including White Owl Mini in Blue Raspberry and White Grape. Invincible covers the unflavoured side, and there is a 50-count White Owl Blunts box in White Grape.
4 Kings and Good Times
4 Kings ships as 15 pouches of 4, which puts 60 sticks in a single order at one of the lowest per-stick costs on this page.
Flavours run through Kiwi Berry, Melon Berry, Watermelon, Mango, Pink Lemonade, French Vanilla, White Grape, Sweet Delicious, Classic Green, Green Sweet, and Black Diamond.
The Good Times 4Ks line adds Black Sweet, Diamond, Napa Grape, and Blueberry Pineapple.
Al Capone
Al Capone sits a clear tier above the machine-pressed field. These are hand-rolled in Honduras under a Java wrapper and arrive as a 100-count box of cigarillos, ten packs of ten.
Sweets carries a cognac-dipped tip. Jamaican Blaze leans rum-sweet. Blues runs darker and drier. Each comes filtered or unfiltered.
Zig Zag
Zig Zag brings Strawberry and Green Karma in 15 pouches of 3. Better known for papers, the brand climbed into the cigar top ten on the back of these.
ACID by Drew Estate
The ACID Krush Red Cameroon Cigarillos come boxed in fifties. Botanically infused rather than sweet-dipped, wrapped in Cameroon leaf that carries genuine pepper and spice. Closest thing here to a premium smoke in a small body.
Also stocked in the cigar catalogue
Black & Mild in Regular, Jazz, and Wine, plus Swisher Sweets, Backwoods, Dutch Masters, Game, Garcia y Vega, Optimo, Phillies, and City Life.
Filtered alternatives sit with Cheyenne and Djarum. Our full brand directory lists all 138 names in stock.
Sorting by Flavour Instead of Brand
Most people pick by taste first. These are the five groups worth knowing.
Grape and berry. The biggest cluster by volume. Grape, Triple Grape, White Grape, Blue Raspberry, Kiwi Berry, Melon Berry, Strawberry & Kiwi.
Tropical and stone fruit. Mango, Pineapple, Peach, Watermelon, Tropical Twist, Jamaican Me Happy, Blueberry Pineapple.
Sweet classic. Sweets, Green Sweets, Black Sweet, Sweet Delicious. The original sweet-tipped profile this whole category grew out of.
Dessert and spirit. Maple Bourbon, White Russian, French Vanilla, Moonshine Cherry Pie, Moonshine Sweet Peach Tea, Al Capone Jamaican Blaze.
Natural and unflavoured. White Owl Invincible, Al Capone Blues, ACID Krush Red Cameroon.
Further infused formats are gathered on the flavored cigars page.
Pack Sizes, Counts, and Pricing
Cigarillo packs in this collection follow four formats:
- 30 packs of 2, 60 total, across most White Owl flavours
- 15 packs of 3, 45 total, for White Owl Mini and Zig Zag
- 15 pouches of 4, 60 total, for 4 Kings and Good Times
- Full boxes at 50 or 100 count for ACID and Al Capone
There is a reason multipacks took over. Small 2-packs and 3-packs made up under 1% of cigar sales in 2008. By 2015 they held close to 40% of the market. Resealable foil keeps unsmoked sticks fresh, and the format lets you rotate flavours without committing to a full box.
Some listings show a pre-priced marking such as $1.19 or $1.29. That is the manufacturer's printed figure on the pouch, not our rate. Ordering cigarillos online in volume is where the actual saving sits, with discounts across this collection currently reaching 50%. If you are after cheap cigarillos by cost per stick, the 4 Kings 60-count pouches and the 30x2 White Owl formats lead.
How Long Does a Cigarillo Last?
Between 10 and 20 minutes for most, depending on ring gauge and draw pace.
The slimmest sticks, around ring gauge 20 to 24, finish nearer 8 to 10 minutes. Wider ones in the high 20s and low 30s hold 15 to 20. Al Capone's hand-rolled construction burns slower again and stretches past that.
You do not need a cutter. Almost every cigarillo here ships ready to light.
Storage and Freshness
Cigarillos are dry-cured, so no humidor is required. This is the single biggest practical difference between this category and premium cigars.
Sealed foil pouches hold for months in a cool, dark drawer away from direct sun. Once a pouch is opened, work through it inside two weeks before the flavour casing flattens.
Boxed formats such as ACID Krush or the Al Capone 100-count do better in a sealed container or a storage case if you are pacing them out.
Which Are the Best Cigarillos to Start With?
The best cigarillos for you depend entirely on where your palate sits.
New to the format. Start mild and sweet. White Owl Sweets, 4 Kings Green Sweet, or Good Times Black Sweet are forgiving and consistent from stick to stick.
Prefer fruit over sugar. Mango, Kiwi Berry, and Blue Raspberry read cleaner and less syrupy than the classic sweet profiles.
Coming from full-size cigars. Al Capone Blues or the ACID Krush Red Cameroon. Both are built from proper leaf and reward a slower draw.
Working up to larger sizes. The beginner cigars collection is the logical next step, and our blog guides cover pacing, lighting, and technique.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are cigarillos and little cigars the same thing?
No. Little cigars are filtered and weigh under 1.36 grams, which places them in the small-cigar tax class. Cigarillos are unfiltered, heavier, and classed federally as large cigars.
Do you inhale a cigarillo?
No. They are smoked like a cigar, drawn into the mouth rather than the lungs.
Are rillos the same as cigarillos?
Yes. Rillos is common shorthand for the same product.
Do cigarillos need a humidor?
No. Dry-cured construction means sealed packaging in a cool spot is enough.
How many cigarillos come in a pack?
Formats here run 2, 3, and 4 per pouch, with boxed options at 50 and 100 count.
Do you need to cut a cigarillo?
Almost never. The vast majority arrive with an open, ready-to-light head.
Are cigarillos stronger than cigarettes?
A single cigarillo holds roughly three times the tobacco of a cigarette, so nicotine content is meaningfully higher per stick. They are not designed to be inhaled.
Can I use these with wraps or rolling supplies?
Some smokers prefer separate wraps and rolling supplies, both of which we stock.