OUR STORY
Who knew a trip to the Big Island would change everything?
When we flew away from our home in snowy Minnesota in January of 2022 to celebrate a big birthday in Hawaii, we only knew that we were escaping winter and trying to catch a glimpse of normalcy in the midst of a global pandemic. We didn’t know that a stop at a malasada food truck next to Hawaii Highway 19 would launch a family business.
But that’s exactly what happened.
One taste of the pillowy, fresh, tropical malasadas from Manuela Malasadas, and we were hooked.
We were also impressed. Manuela Malasadas is authentic and a favorite of locals. Operating out of food trucks only, they had captured both the Hawaiian and tourist palate.
We enjoyed our time in Hawaii.
We watched sunsets, walked on volcanos, hiked to waterfalls, swam in the bluest waters and ate a lot of malasadas (and poke).
When we got home, we looked for malasadas in Minnesota to feed our new craving. To our dismay, we couldn’t find any.
When we returned to Hawaii in 2024, we called Manuela Malasada owner Kandi Miranda to see if we could work with her to bring fresh malasadas to the Land of 10,000 Lakes. She agreed.
We spent the summer of 2024 learning how to make malasadas with Kandi (and her family) and setting up our business.
And now we are ready to bring aloha to Minnesota.