Made In Hawaii Foods

Called and answered by very friendly and helpful man. Store is nice and cozy with lots of goodies. Bought strawberry mochi and chocolate PB mochi. A little on the pricy side. Taste was excellent And they don’t skimp on the chocolate! It was almost too much that you wanted more mochi. But will definitely be back.

Love the freshly made mochi here… Especially the chocolate covered strawberry and let’s not forget the haupia mochi!

We always drive by here and we order the strawberry red bean and strawberry chocolate mocha. They make it fresh here so it’s always sold out, so call ahead. The stores in the middle of nowhere so we have to look out for it. Hope you guys make your way there when you visit Hawaii. This place is a must try.

Their mochi is to die for! Nuff said if you love mochi, this is the place to get it. It’s pricey but totally worth it. The chocolate strawberry mochi is my ultimate favorite. I’d buy it everyday if I could!

Chocolate strawberry mochi. That’s all you need to know. Stop what you’re doing right now and go buy it. Then put it immediately in your face. You’re welcome.

location is great in my opinion due to me living in waipahu. Not a far drive.
greeted when coming in and going out. His customer service was great, very friendly. Was able to come and and grab what I wanted.
Only small downside is the price. 6.75 for two strawberry milk chocolate mochi. I understand company gotta make the money but I find it a tad bit too expensive
I would definitely come back just not back to back days, every so often. After all said and done, I’m a happy customer.

I was lucky enough to find their location right away from Exit 10 and than made a U-​turn to their store on the right before H1. Went right when they opened & had a lot of Mochi freshly made today! Tried their famous Fresh Strawberry, Liliko’l Cheesecake and Truffles. My favorite is Liliko’l Cheesecake. They also had Mochi made from yesterday that were 25% off. Bought 3 packs for about $ 18. Would definitely come back again! Staff is super friendly and lots of parking!

Strawberry Mochi was amazing! Perfectly sweet & tasted as good as it looked! Def will be back for more! Soo much Jams & Jellies! Sweet lil lady at the shop lets you try everything! It makes her soo happy to share her goodies with you so make sure you sample everything!

I go here strictly for their mochi. So many different flavors, and they’re all so yummy.

So I’ve always liked this place and it’s great for omiyage and small gifts. The staff is always friendly too. I hadn’t been back until recently, when I got their amazing dark chocolate strawberry mochi. I was halfway through when I realized the texture was a bit off. I peeled the mochi away from the strawberry and saw that there was some sort of dog hair looking bits (kind of like corn cob silk strings) in between the chocolate and strawberry. I immediately stopped eating it, and my mouth is weirdly itchy now… ahh I wish I knew what it was, because it’s freaking me out!

MMm their mochi here is the bomb! I bought the assorted pack that comes with 3 different types of mochi. Mine came with peanut butter azuki, chocolate haupia, and lilikoi cheesecake. All so delicious and the mochi here is so soft and yummy! You can also come here for your gift basket orders. They also sell local brand jams, jellies, cookies, chocolate truffles and more! The ladies who work here are very sweet too and will let you sample their different flavors of jams and jellies. The Lilikoi butter here is amazing! Parking is right in parking lot in front of the store and this place is located below Buzz’s steakhouse and right before the freeway onramp going Westbound on H1.

Yum! Not the easiest of places to get to… but the Mochi here is fantastic! Beware! This place will cause you to have standards which you use to will measure all other Mochi. I think I have tried almost every conceivable Mochi they came up with in the span of a two or three days… I have yet to be disappointed here!
My favorite so far is the Chocolate Cream Haipua. All their Mochi are soft, have the perfect texture, the right amount of sweetness and don’t turn rock hard even after a day or two. The fresh Strawberry Mochi is also fantastic; a large ripe Strawberry covered in Milk or Dark Chocolate before it is wrapped in Mochi. Even the plain Mochi here is just fantastic!
All the ladies at the counter are always helpful and really sweet… no pun intended. The only issue I have with this place is the location… a bit challenging to get to and you are always fighting traffic that is trying to get on the H1

For a while now, I’ve been passing here on my way to the freeway with no desire to stop by. Until one day, when traffic was just horrendous, we decided to make a pit stop, and I’m so glad we did! The only time I’ll be thankful for traffic. LOL.
We bought a bag of furikake shrimp chips. The chips were huge and very tasty. However, the furikake didn’t really stick to the chips. We found ourselves using the chips to scoop the furikake from the bottom of the bag. None the less, it was really good.
The mochi was amazing! We bought the Mochi assortment #2, which included lilikoi cheesecake, peanut butter chocolate, and chocolate cream haupia.
I’m a big fan of peanut butter and chocolate, but this mochi placed second for me. It would’ve tied for first if it was dark chocolate ;) The chocolate cream haupia placed third. Though it was delicious, I feel chocolate haupia is best eaten as a pie. LILIKOI CHEESECAKE comes in first. It was different, but in a good way. It really works as a mochi filling. Very innovative I must say!
We also tried the milk chocolate strawberry mochi. They’re so big and so good. Everything about it is sweet, but not too sweet which I like.
I support local businesses 100%, but it is a bit pricey. This would by my only complaint.

I don’t think I ever rolled my eyes rolled back while eating mochi before. This is unlike anything I’ve ever had, it’s so unique. I was skeptical because it was expensive but my god the red bean paste in the strawberry mochi. Delicious! I don’t think I can ever eat normal mochi from L.A. ever again.

My favorite place for strawberry and chocolate mochi. Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever seen strawberry and chocolate mochi anywhere else! The mochi comes in a pack of 2 fairly large sized mochi. Get dark and milk chocolate kine. Definitely a splurge for me!
Also found in the store are other local items like Hawaiian Kine sauce/​dressings, hand made items, preserves and jams to names few! Another favorite are the homemade preserves like lilikoi butter and strawberry jam. I have blinders on when it comes to flavors as I can rarely see past anything strawberry! Oh you can also sample the preserves, just ask!
This small store is a great place to get omiyage and rarely crowded as it is located by the H1 on ramp. It does require some patience when getting out of the parking lot but totally worth the stop.

Fresh strawberry mochi… need I say more? How about lilikoi cheesecake mochi? OR truffle mochi? Mouth watering yet?
This place has fantastic mochi and they have both daifuku (stuffed) or chi chi dango (flavored). If that’s not enough to excite the foodie in you, they also have a variety of local food products including jams/​jellies, flavored oils, flavored sea salts, and organic chocolates. To top it all off, the employees here are the sweetest folks around!
During my last visit to this Pearl City gem (right below Buzz’s Steakhouse), aunty (the sweet older grandma) insisted that we take a dozen recipes to go with the Maui Onion flavored sea salt that we bought. How cool is that! She also put cardboard separators in between the packs of mochi I bought so they wouldn’t be «smooshed.» I told her we didn’t even need it since the packs would be eaten before we got to the car! Nonetheless, the bento packs were separated with cardboard.
The main tip for walking in and getting mochi (esp the strawberry or the variety bento packs) is to GO EARLY! They open 12 – 5 M-​F and 10 – 3 S-​S. By the end of the day they are nearly wiped out!
There isn’t a mochi I’ve had there that hasn’t given me a mouth-​gasm. (pardon the graphic language… but it’s really true.)
PS they also have a Moiliili location on South Beretania, but I haven’t been to that one. YET!

There is nothing … NOTHING… more justifiable to cheat on your diet with but mochi covered strawberries. NOTHING
I mean, they are fruit, covered in just a LITTLE bit of rice, right? Of course, that’s it. Mind the hours for this location. They aren’t open all the time. They seem to always have this delectable treat in their refrigerator.
I love taking visitors to this place because they can find «out of the box» local souvenirs to take home. My mom pretty much bought the place out when I took her with fun salts, sauces, and cookies all locally made.
The location, however, leaves something to be desired. Right off moanalua rd, you have to fight the traffic getting on the freeway to enter this place. Also when you leave, there’s no way to go eastbound. That’s when you’re going to have to get creative when trying to get home.
This isn’t entirely their fault, but it is the only reason I don’t frequent this place more.

6.30.13.
I had NO idea this place even existed?! It’s right along the on the Waimalu on ramp to go West-​bound… Look for a sign that says «A.I.R. Made in Hawaii»; it is also right next to a Napa auto place? …yup it’s that easy to miss! …and it can be a wait to get back out of that little parking area.
Local items that you can find include All Butter Dreams cookies, locally made jams & jellies and a variety of gourmet mochis (e.g., strawberry mochi)!!
YUM! Support local businesses!
Unilocal 365 Challenge: #180/​365

I never know what I’ll find when I look through my Unilocal bookmarks. Having completed hiking the Aiea Loop Trail I checked my Unilocal bookmarks. I was in a part of Oahu that I didn’t expect to come back to, so I wanted to make sure I saw whatever there was to see there which, in the case of Unilocal bookmarks, is likely food related.
After finding that I was only a couple of miles from this place, known for it’s fresh, strawberry-​filled mochi, it was on. And that’s easier said than done. The place is set a bit back off the highway and you might drive by before you even see it. Stay in the right hand lane or you’ll spend the next 10 minutes trying to figure out how to get back here.
What to get here is the delicious, fresh mochi which, I believe, they also sell at Oahu farmer’s markets. They’re refrigerated, come 2 to a pack, and keep for a few days in your home/​hotel fridge if you can resist eating them all at once. Don’t miss the giant strawberry mochi with azuki beans or the mochi of peanut butter encased in chocolate (like a mochi wrapped Reese’s). I sat in the car and killed these things, undoing any good the hike might’ve awarded me.
The rest of the «store», as it were, has other «made in Hawaii» products but none so freshly made as the mochi There is packaged marlin jerky, packaged black lava salt, store t-​shirts (cute) and more but that’s not really what you come here for. It’s all about the mochi. I think the rest of the products are used to assemble gift baskets, which is what appears to be going on in the rear 75% of this place.
Despite my impression that this place gets little foot traffic, the lady working there was super-​sweet. If I recall, you can even phone ahead to reserve your mochi should you want to ensure they have what you want when you stop by. I’m not certain what constitutes bad mochi, but I think this is pretty much the best of the best.

I loved the fresh, chewy exterior of the mochi, and I’m so glad I found a strawberry mochi option without azuki beans (which I am not a huge fan of). Dark Chocolate Strawberry was so fresh, sweet and yummy! 2 large for $ 10.
This review sounds a dirty, hope I don’t get flagged.
Tip: They have a booth at KCC Farmers Market on Saturday, make sure not to get this mixed up with the other mochi food stand.