Who
does not like a cookie? It is said that cookies are the sweetest little bit of
comfort food. They are very bite-sized and personal. Besides aquamarine
oceans, azure blue skies, breathtakingly beautiful sunrise and sunsets, rainbows and luau,
Hawaii is also famous for these delectable, tongue tickling shortbread cookies
that make you want more after you have gorged down the last bite. They are
aptly named Honolulu Cookies, as they spread the spirit of Aloha all around the
world.
Few of
the brands have become more iconic to the city than Honolulu Cookie Company
(HCC).
Honolulu Cookie company was started in 1998 by entrepreneurs Keith and Janet Sung.
Honolulu Cookie company was started in 1998 by entrepreneurs Keith and Janet Sung.
Coming
from an artistic background, Keith has transformed each cookie into a fine
piece of art. Whether it is the delectable taste, melting in mouth consistency,
unique pineapple shape or its artistic and sophisticated packaging, it’s a
gastronomic delight for the natives and tourists alike.
The duo
wanted to create something very unique, depicting the Hawaiian spirit of
hospitality and at the same time look very aesthetically pleasing. So, after
much thought and deliberation, the iconic pineapple shape cookie was born. Ahmad
Yu, the company's vice president of operations says, "Our pineapple shape
allows people to identify the brand with the Islands. It's tropical, it's warm,
it's friendly…it's Hawai'i."
Originally,
the cookies were only available as whole sale products. But, the popularity and
rising sales led the owners to open a string of retail stores island wise. The
first retail store was opened in Ward Village and now the HCC have 11 store
locations on Oahu, 3 locations on Maui and 2 locations in Las Vegas, NV and 1
on Guam.
The
cookie comes in more than 20 flavors, including Kona coffee, macadamia nuts,
lilikoi, mango, and pineapple. Recently Guava was also added, and in short time
it has become very popular with the consumers. The chocolate chip and the
chocolate dipped and the dark chocolate dipped... are made from Guittard white
chocolate, milk chocolate, or decadent dark chocolate.
All the
cookies are made from premium, high quality ingredients. All the bakers and employee gather at early
morning 5 A.M. at the Sand Island factory and bake the cookies fresh to deliver
them island wise. Every cookie is individually wrapped to preserve its crisp,
oven-baked freshness and delivered to our stores daily.
All the
stores and outlets in malls and shopping center are well known for the great
hospitality that Hawaii has to offer. The staff is super friendly and you can
taste all the cookies before buying them. You can choose your own box, along
with the assortment of cookies or buy the prepackaged ones.
The cookies
are also shipped Internationally and nation wide.
The
cookies make a wonderful gift to take back home for friends and family and
relive your vacations at paradise on earth.
Our mission is to spread
the spirit of Aloha around the world with gourmet cookies made in Hawaii. Each
of our cookies is baked fresh daily, and made with the finest ingredients and
natural Hawaiian flavors individually wrapped to maintain its delicious
oven-fresh quality. We package our cookies by hand in our unique signature
packaging to ensure that each box can be presented as a treasured gift, from
our ohana to yours. —Honolulu Cookie Company
Sheri Komori, of
Honolulu Cookie Company, "In Hawai'i, we treat everyone like family, so
when visitors come here, we treat them like family too."
The HCC is also committed
in giving back to the island. They support and sponsor many charitable events
and organizations like Honolulu Film Festival and Make a wish foundation.
Promotional Video by HCC
HCC store locator
Photos: Clicked at Honolulu Cookie Company store in Hilton Hawaiian Village.
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