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Malasadas in Honolulu
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Top 5 Malasadas on Oʻahu
The Portuguese doughnut Hawaiʻi made its own — Honolulu Magazine's ultimate malasada guide cross-referenced against HAWAIʻI Magazine's roundup.
- #1
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.”
- #2
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.”
- #3
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.”
- #4
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.”
- #5
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.”