Hawaiʻi Eats guide · Malasadas · checked October 2026
Hawaii malasadas & bakeries
Sugar-rolled malasadas and the bakeries behind them: 12 bakeries across the islands, each read against its own 2025–26 menu or a recent local news story in October 2026.
Malasadas and the old bakeries
The malasada is a Portuguese doughnut with no hole, fried and rolled in sugar, brought to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants who came to work on the sugar plantations from the late 1800s on. Some are filled with custard or haupia (coconut pudding). This list is bakeries known for malasadas and Hawaii's long-running bakeries. Five of the 12 list malasadas on the menu.
Where they are: five on Oʻahu, two on Maui, two on Kauaʻi, two on Hawaiʻi Island and one on Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi.
By town: Honolulu (3), Līhuʻe (2), Makawao (1), Kaunakakai (1), Wahiawā (1).
Dishes these menus name most: malasadas (4), brownies (1), chocolate haupia cream pie (1), coco puffs (1), cream puffs (1), filled malasadas (1).
How this list was made: for every place we read a 2025 or 2026 source, usually its own menu page or a dated story in Hawaii news, and matched the street address to it. A place whose only source was older, whose website had gone dark, or whose menu named the dish just in passing stayed off. Review sites played no part, and the places run by region and town, not by anybody's score. Menus change, so check before you go. Our sources are on the about Hawaiʻi Eats page.
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Jump to a region
- Oʻahu (5)
- Maui (2)
- Hawaiʻi Island (2)
- Kauaʻi (2)
- Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi (1)
Malasada questions
What is a malasada?
A Portuguese doughnut with no hole, fried and rolled in sugar, sometimes filled with custard or haupia.
Why isn't my favorite bakery here?
The list grows as places are checked. A place is in only when a 2025 or 2026 source shows it serving this at this address. Tell us at nick@eatsranked.com.
Oʻahu
5 bakeries, by town. The Oʻahu page has the region's other lists.
Ted's Bakery
59-024 Kamehameha Hwy, Haleʻiwa
Plate lunchMalasadas On the menu: chocolate haupia cream pie, plate lunches
A Sunset Beach bakery and plate-lunch counter, home of the chocolate haupia cream pie.
Kamehameha Bakery
1284 Kalani St, Honolulu
Malasadas
An Oʻahu bakery that HAWAIʻI Magazine readers named among the island's bakeries in 2026.
Leonard's Bakery
933 Kapahulu Ave, Honolulu
Malasadas On the menu: malasadas, malasada puffs, pão doce
A Portuguese bakery founded in 1952 that sells malasadas and malasada puffs from its Kapahulu shop and Malasada Mobile trucks.
Liliha Bakery
515 N Kuakini St, Honolulu
Malasadas On the menu: coco puffs, poi mochi donuts
The original Liliha Bakery, home of the coco puff, open since 1950.
Kīlani Bakery
704 Kilani Ave, Wahiawā
Malasadas On the menu: brownies
A Wahiawā bakery the Takara family opened about 67 years ago; grandson Gavin Takara keeps the brownie recipe.
Maui
2 bakeries, by town. The Maui page has the region's other lists.
Star Noodle
1287 Front St, Lahaina
MalasadasReopened On the menu: steamed pork buns, miso butterfish, hoisin-braised short rib, malasadas
A Lahaina noodle house now in the oceanfront space on Front Street that Aloha Mixed Plate used to hold.
T. Komoda Store & Bakery
3674 Baldwin Ave, Makawao
Malasadas On the menu: cream puffs, stick donuts, malasadas · Since 1932
A Makawao family store and bakery with roots in 1916, run by Betty and Michele Shibuya.
Hawaiʻi Island
2 bakeries, by town. The Hawaiʻi Island page has the region's other lists.
Two Ladies Kitchen
274 Kilauea Ave, Hilo
Malasadas On the menu: strawberry mochi, manju
A Hilo shop making Japanese mochi and manju fresh every morning; its strawberry mochi must be ordered ahead.
Tex Drive In
45-690 Pakalana St #19, Honokaʻa
Plate lunchMalasadas On the menu: square malasadas, filled malasadas
A Honokaʻa drive-in known for its large, square malasadas, plain or filled.
Kauaʻi
2 bakeries, by town. The Kauaʻi page has the region's other lists.
Kauaʻi Bakery
3-2600 Kaumualii Hwy, Līhuʻe
Malasadas On the menu: malasadas
A Līhuʻe bakery (Suite 1526) known for its malasadas.
Tip Top Motel, Café & Bakery
3173 Akahi St, Līhuʻe
SaiminMalasadas On the menu: oxtail soup, pancakes, saimin, hamburger steak
A Līhuʻe café, bakery and motel known for oxtail soup and pancakes; the business dates to 1916 and moved to its current spot later.
Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi
1 bakery, by town. The Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi page has the region's other lists.
Kanemitsu Bakery
79 Ala Malama Ave, Kaunakakai
Malasadas On the menu: Molokai hot bread · Since 1945
A Kaunakakai bakery and coffee shop known for Molokai hot bread, split and filled; it started about 1935 in Manila Camp and moved to Kaunakakai about 1945.