EIGHT08 EATS: Iconic Hawaii Snacks

Snacks are small, often convenient portions of food consumed between meals to provide energy and satisfy cravings, and are often categorized as savory snacks, sweet snacks, and healthy and/or nutritious snacks. Popular Hawaii based snacks feature a unique blend of sweet, salty, and savory flavors heavily influenced by the many different cultures that can be found within Hawaii Nei. Found below are a handful of snacks that are popular here in Hawaii Nei. Enjoy

Li Hing Mui is a popular snack here in Hawaii Nei consisting of dried, salted plums with a unique sweet, salty, and sour flavor often eaten as is or used as a powder to be sprinkled over anything and everything for a tangy, savory kick. My personal favorites when it comes to a Li Hing Mui based snack are Li Hing Mui dried mango as pictured above and Wet Li Hing Mui dried mango as pictured below. Tangy, sweet, and full of mango flavor goodness. Cravings satisfied!

Li Hing Mui everything and anything. Pictured below is a package of Li Hing Mui Fuji Apple

When it comes to chips in Hawaii Nei, Shrimp Chips are widely popular due to a blend of of local tastes for a light, crispy, salty, and savory snack. Maui Style Shrimp Chips as pictured above are common, accesible, and deeply embedded in Hawaii’s snacking culture due to heavy influence by Japanese and other Asian cultures that has come to call Hawaii Nei home

When it comes to shortbread cookies in Hawaii Nei, Honolulu Cookie Company is well known for their delightfully buttery and baked to perfection pineapple shaped premium shortbread cookie

Happy Eats,

Peter Rosario