Bakauke

{{Short description|Japanese rice cracker}}

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| image = Bakauke (Kuriyama Beika).jpg

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| country = Japan

| region = Niigata Prefecture

| creator = Kuriyama Beika

| type = Rice cracker

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| main_ingredient = Rice flour

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{{nihongo|Bakauke|ばかうけ}} is a Japanese snack food. It is a thin banana-shaped senbei with various flavours added. It is manufactured by Kuriyama Beika (栗山米菓) of Niigata Prefecture.

The word bakauke in the Niigata dialect of Japanese colloquially means "extremely well received".{{cite web|url=http://www.baka.ne.jp/home/bakaukekouza.htm#Q2|title=ばかうけって何？|quote=栗山米菓の本社があります"新潟県"の方言で、「ばか」＝「すごい」という意味合いで使われているんだよ！|language=ja|access-date=2008-05-24|archive-date=2010-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717052847/http://www.baka.ne.jp/home/bakaukekouza.htm#Q2|url-status=dead}} The characters who appear on the packets are Borin and Barin, who are boyfriend and girlfriend.