Lonohana Chocolate Launches Factory Tours in Kakaʻako
Taste your way through each step of making 100% Hawai‘i-grown chocolate.
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There’s a New Natural Wine Bar Inside Mānoa Chocolate
Natural wines pair up with flights of Mānoa Chocolates every Wednesday to Saturday in Kailua.
These Choco Le‘a Truffles Are Inspired by Favorite Candies
Ready for a sugar rush? You’ve never had Jolly Ranchers and Starbursts like this—but they’ll disappear after Nov. 23.
Kawaii Kravings: Artful Bonbons at Waikīkī Chocolates
Part 3 of Frolic’s cute sweets series takes us to a chocolate shop where whimsy meets art.
We Tried It: Farm Tour at 21 Degrees Estate
We visited this charming cacao farm on Windward O‘ahu—and ate lots of chocolate.
A Chinatown Chocolate Factory Whose Entire Profits Help the Homeless
Chocolate on a Mission even has some Easter treats—but you need to preorder today.
HONOLULU Family Easter Recipe: Easter Candy Bark
It only takes a few ingredients—and a microwave—to make this super simple, super adorable candy bark.
Mānoa Monthly’s Chocolate Subscription Has Us Drooling Over Exclusive Seasonal Flavors
Send Hawai‘i-grown chocolate to your loved ones—or yourself—so they’re never without a bar.
Onomea’s New Candy Bars are Locally Made with Hawai‘i-Grown Chocolate
And they come in POG, matcha crunch, salted mac nut, and lime and coconut varieties.
Taste Lonohana Estate Chocolate’s First Release of the 2020 Harvest and New Flavors
New bars include hibiscus, coffee crunch and coconut banana.
Awesome eats: Valentine’s Day pop-up with Choco lea
From deep in the heart of Manoa Valley, Choco lea arrived downtown as one our first Awesome eats pop-ups last year, and chocolate lovers gobbled them up. Now they’re back with two special boxes of locally made artisan chocolates to…
Our Top 5: Chocolate desserts
I’ll never forget the first time I read about Bruce Bogtrotter and the ginormous chocolate cake he was forced to eat in Roald Dahl’s “Matilda.” To me that scene wasn’t memorable so much because of Bruce’s punishment, which was to…
Awesome eats: Choco le’a premium chocolates this Friday
We’ve been huge fans of Choco le’a since the tiny gourmet chocolate shop opened in the back of Manoa Valley in 2014. But, yeah, they’re in the back of Manoa Valley. So Choco le’a was a natural pick for Frolic’s…
Eat the Street: Chocolate
Dessert ruled at what was likely the biggest Eat the Street of the year thus far. Rain was predicted but the evening stayed clear and balmy, encouraging tasters to come out and try chocolate-themed offerings like Beyond Burgers’ chocolate-dipped bacon…
Who’s coming: Eat the Street Chocolate
Ba-te, ba-te cho-co-la-te! This Friday, you’ll find more than 40 of your favorite food trucks and street food vendors whipping up ooey-gooey chocolate-infused and -inspired noms at Makers & Tasters Kewalo. When: Friday, March. 25 from 5 to 10 p.m.Where:…
Who’s coming: Eat the Street France: Chocolate
Eat the Street closes out the month of amour with a stop in France to celebrate its most decadent sweet. So here’s a fair warning for chocoholics: Bring extra napkins! When: Friday, Feb. 27 from 4 to 9 p.m.Where: 555…
Chocolate truffles 101
My mom, a sweet and shy person in public, is actually a rabid foodie who follows my daily eating adventures on Instagram. So when I post a pic of something especially good — like MW Restaurant’s chocolate cake — she’s…
Tasting new desserts at MW Restaurant
It’s no secret that one of my favorite things to do is stalk Michelle Karr-Ueoka of MW Restaurant. I love her desserts so much, I once snuck under the ropes when I saw her serving pineapple shave ice in the…
Something new: Choco le’a
An artisan chocolatier quietly expanded their shop in late September taking over the former LMS Boutique in Manoa. The story begins with Erin Kanno Uehara and her chocolate obsession, which led her on a search for the most delectable truffles…
Preview: Madre Chocolate in Chinatown
We got to spend some time with the Madre Chocolate team for a special blessing and celebration at their new Chinatown space. Co-owners Dave Elliott and Nat Bletter opened their second location with a retail shop in front and a…
Tasting the ‘aina: Kona coffee and chocolate
This blog post had some technical difficulties on the back end, which makes it a little late! Back to our regular programming:One of the highlights of the trip was a hands-on trek to a chocolate and coffee farm, up in…
Cat Chat: Making truffles
What’s better than chocolate-covered macadamia nuts?To me, not much.Then I heard that Hawaiian Host was unveiling a new, limited edition confection starting today.The Macadamia Truffles is a labor of love — five years in the making — and truly a masterful…
Waialua Estate’s new chocolate vintage
On Saturday afternoon, Melissa Chang and I attended the Chocolate Festival at Dole Cannery. I have to admit that upon arrival, I was disappointed that the “festival” was more of a trade show, with vendors offering samples of various chocolate…
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