Honolulu, HI
For Malasadas in Honolulu, the local food press points to Leonard's Bakery, Pipeline Bakeshop & Creamery, and Agnes' Portuguese Bake Shop. Picks from Honolulu Magazine and HAWAIʻI Magazine, updated June 2026.
Editor’s picks
Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in Honolulu Magazine and HAWAIʻI Magazine. Updated June 2026.
Leonard's Bakery · Kapahulu
HAWAIʻI Magazine's #1 Oʻahu pick. The 1952 Kapahulu bakery that introduced Hawaiʻi to the malasada. Plain sugar is the canonical order; haupia and macadamia fills are the splurges.
Pipeline Bakeshop & Creamery · Kaimukī
HAWAIʻI Magazine's Oʻahu #2. Cinnamon, coffee and li hing sugar coats, plus the malamode (malasada stuffed with ice cream) the shop spent 100 dough batches dialing in.
Agnes' Portuguese Bake Shop · Kailua
Honolulu Magazine's ultimate guide calls Agnes' the most traditional Portuguese malasada in the state. Crispy shell, soft interior, plain white sugar, the original recipe preserved after the 2018 closure and food-truck relaunch.
Penny's Waikiki Malasadas · Hauʻula
Honolulu Magazine's North Shore pick. Light, easy-to-devour malasadas with rotating seasonal flavors, the reason the detour past Kualoa gets made.
100 Sails Restaurant & Bar · Waikīkī
Honolulu Magazine's high-concept pick. Taro malasada ice-cream sandwiches with pastry cream and vanilla bean, a hotel-brunch riff that still tastes like the real thing.
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