Bring a Thanksgiving Pie that No One is Expecting
Uncommon sur-pie-ses from Breadshop, HB Baking and The Pig & The Lady.
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12 Local Shops on O‘ahu Where the Halloween Treats are Spooktacularly Good
Tricked-out treats are perfect for the one night even adults can go batty.
An Old-School Mochi Shop Finds a New Home in McCully
Fujiya Hawai‘i, a longtime fixture in Kalihi, has reopened with a pillowy array of traditional Japanese sweets.
5 Reasons We Love Kaka‘ako’s New Taro Doughnut Truck
Why we stand in line for $4 doughnuts.
New at Mānoa Chocolate: A Flight of Hawai‘i-Grown Chocolate, Mililani Cacao, a Honolulu Cookie Co. Collab and More
But you missed the camel milk chocolate.
These Vegan, Gluten-Free Cookies from Maui Are Every Snacker’s Dream
A Maui entrepreneur’s pandemic pivot turns a sweet hobby into a success.
Kalo Bombs Just Showed Us Our New Favorite Ice Cream Topping
Pa‘i‘ai on ice cream with coconut cream and coconut flakes now has a following in Wai‘anae.
This Is the New Luxe Local Ice Cream We’ve Been Craving
Sage Creamery sells out so reliably, we recommend signing up for new flavor notifications.
HONOLULU Staff Favorites: The 12 Best Frozen Treats for a Boiling Hot Day on O‘ahu
Labor Day might signal the end of summer elsewhere, but we’ll still be sweating through the next few months. Here are our favorite ways to cool down.
Order Pastry Boxes from MW and Senia to Lift Your Weekend Spirits
The art of the pastry box drop, from soothing to sophisticated.
A Simple Ice Cream Bar for Uncertain Times
Brandon Lee, sous chef of MW, makes scoops in classic flavors.
Find Ube and Mango Mochi Malassadas at Dukes Lane Market & Eatery
These new items in Waikīkī are fried fresh and delightfully chewy.
Taste Lonohana Estate Chocolate’s First Release of the 2020 Harvest and New Flavors
New bars include hibiscus, coffee crunch and coconut banana.
Hawai‘i Island’s Kula Shave Ice Brings Its Natural and Organic Bowls to O‘ahu’s North Shore
The shave ice shop from Hilo recently opened its second location in Hale‘iwa.
First Look: Foodland Farms’ New Store and Restaurant, Mahi‘ai Table
The latest Foodland Farms opened last week in Kapolei with the chain’s first in-store restaurant, open daily for breakfast through dessert. Here’s what we found, ate and loved.
Maui Ku‘ia Estate: a Lahaina Cacao Farm and Hawai‘i’s Largest Chocolate Factory
Buy Maui grown and made chocolate online, and sign up for chocolate tastings, virtual and at the Lahaina tasting room.
Get Shave Ice for Only One Dollar This Month at Waiola on O‘ahu
Waiola Shave Ice is saying mahalo to customers with a special deal on weekdays through July.
Heavenly New Flavors From 4 of Our Favorite Hawai‘i Ice Cream Makers
One includes bites of horchata-soaked doughnuts. Anybody wanna spoon?
Agnes’ Portuguese Bake Shop Has Reopened as a Malassada Truck in Kailua
The longtime bakery closed in 2018 after nearly 50 years in business. Now it’s back, just down the road from its original location.
6 We Tried: We Search for the Best Lemon Peel Gummy Bears on O‘ahu
Not all lemon peel gummy bears are made the same. We cracked open bags from six different places to find the best of these sweet-sour treats.
4 New Things You Can Buy at Mānoa Chocolate
Mānoa Chocolate opened a new factory capable of churning out 50,000 chocolate bars a month, more than twice as many as the old spot.
5 Frozen Take-and-Bake Treats From Local and National Bakeries That You Knead to Know
Take home frozen buttery croissants, flaky Apple Napples, sweet mochi and sneaky-doodle cookies that you can bake yourself. It’s easy as pie.
Comfort Eats: Find Sourdough Waffles and Perfect Pizzas at Wicked HI Café
This little Waialua café uses wild yeasted dough for its waffles, pizzas and sandwiches.
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After Jayson Harper graduated from Kaiser High School, he was eager to make his mark in New York. But soon, an encounter with police taught him instead to be invisible.
The number of coronavirus cases in Hawai‘i just surpassed 4,000, with more than 2,000 of those cases recorded in the past two weeks.
Hawai‘i is full of amazing places. Most of them you’re free to visit, but there are a few where you’re just not allowed. Here’s a peek into Hawai‘i’s coolest off-limits corners.