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Honolulu Magazine's tour of the city's hot chocolate options, from a bakery's easy-drinking milk chocolate to a Manoa chocolatier's thick sipping chocolate served with potato chips for dipping.
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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Honolulu Magazine. Updated September 2026.
Panya Bistro & Bakery · Ala Moana
Honolulu Magazine's writer, admittedly a daily hot chocolate drinker, ranks this Ala Moana bakery and bistro among five options around town, describing a light milk chocolate concoction that goes down easy and comes topped with whipped cream, ordered hot or iced. The magazine notes the chocolate flavor is on the milder side for anyone who isn't after a strong cocoa hit. Order it hot rather than iced if it's the first time you're trying it, since the magazine tasted it served a touch too cold.
Choco Le’a · Manoa
Honolulu Magazine calls this Manoa chocolatier's version sipping chocolate for a reason: a thick, decadent drink served with potato chips on the side, meant as a dipping sauce rather than something to gulp. The magazine ranks it the heaviest treat on its list of five hot chocolate options around the city, and notes it once ran only on Saturdays outside of December. Order it to share, and use the potato chips exactly as the magazine suggests, for dipping rather than a side snack.