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Big Island Candies

Big Island Candies is renowned for their chocolate hand-dipped cookies and confections. They even dip dried squid in chocolate! This is one of the most popular gifts for visitors to take home from Hawaii. Products are packaged perfectly for gift-giving.

Address: 585 Hinano St
Hours: 8:30AM-5PM daily
Website: bigislandcandies.com (opens in a new tab)

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