i love this spot, you never know if you're getting a grouchy person helping you that day or a really nice person as you ask for a sample of pure nostalgia. they really have the best seeds out there- my go to is the sweet lemon peel and seedless king mui but i usually ask for a sample to see if i can be persuaded and this time i was! sweet seedless li hing for the win read more

Crack Seed Store - so many choices - Candy Stores Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

The old Crack Seed store in Kaimukii is a favorite of many locals. They still sell preserved fruits from jars, the way it was sold when I was a Keiki (child). When I land on the island, this is one of the first places I regularly visit to pick up crack seed. Crack Seeds are snacks found in Hawaii. It originated in China. It is preserved and dried fruits that are flavored with salt, sugar and licorice. It's a mouthwatering island favorite. The store is very small, so I recommend checking the list of offerings outside of the store. A list with photos are on the window in front of the store. Write the name and number of the item and when you go into the store it will help speed your purchase.The store can get quite crowded when people are unsure of what they want, so knowing in advance helps the flow of customers. My favorites are Spicy Mangos and Li Hing Cherries. read more

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Crack Seed Store is a nostalgic treasure trove in Honolulu, offering a delightful mix of old-school Hawaiian snacks, friendly service, and a trip down memory lane. If you love li hing mui, preserved fruits, or just want to experience a slice of local culture, this is the place to go!!!! Don't leave without trying the slushy--it's a game-changer! read more

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Love this place. If you're lucky you can score front row parking if not there's lots of street metered parking. Always get the vanilla icee with li hing powder, NOT li hing juice. Love the li hing seedless cherry and mango. Lots of old school candy's from the 90's I grew up on. Now my kids love to come here too. It's got nostalgic vibes for me. Friendly and fast service. They take Apple Pay so that's nice. Pictures on the front of everything they have to offer in case you want to try something new. Will always support them! read more

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A favorite store of mines! The lihing Icee here is a must try for anyone visiting the store! The staff here are so friendly and welcoming and I love coming here on any day! read more

Fun shop with nostalgic vibes-- a spot that seemingly only locals know. It's a small shop and the lady working there serves you. Just tell her how much and what you want! They have some stuff from sing chow bakery as well!! I got the mooncakes and dried papaya pieces. The employees speak Chinese, in case this is helpful for any yelpers! read more

It is an after-school or anytime snack/seed/Icee stop. 2 ladies are running the shop now and they can be quite fun! They have a rainbow of a variety of dried fruit snacks, Icee and other treats. It's a small but clean and packed store. The ladies will touch the heavy glass jars to fill your selection and seal up your treats. There is pay street parking and there is a pay parking lot in the backside. read more

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Great selection of local cracked seeds from li hung mui, dried mango, rock salt plum and so much more. They must have over a dozen various flavors of li hung mui from soft to even cherry li hung mui! Snacks from Icee's to numerous rice crackers and I think I even saw Chinese pastries. Service is great, you get to browse over 80+ glass containers of cracked seed flavors! read more

I grew up in Hawaii and it made me so happy to find this totally authentic, old timey crack seated shop in Kaimuki! It seems like most of them have shut down. This one is typically tiny and jampacked with huge jars filled with every favorite from li hing mui plum pits to lemon peel and ginger, as well as some modern additions like gummy bears and Icees. A must for all Kama'aina and tourist foodies who want to see how the local people like to snack on candy! read more

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There is nothing more nostalgic in Hawai'i than a Crack Seed Store. If you grew up here, you probably have memories of coming here after school for an icee and li hing mui seed snack. On a hot Hawai'i afternoon, there's nothing like it. This is a small shop-- around 1-3 people at a time can really be in there at a time shopping. So there may be a line forming at times, but it's never too long of a wait at all. There is a paid lot nearby or some metered street parking. It can be a bit tricky right after school hours or on the weekends, but usually it's not too hard to find a stall around here. There is just so many different types of crack seed snacks that they sell by the pound here. They have a poster menu out front that showcases all of their offerings. If you've never been to a crack seed store before-- I would definitely take a look at that and decide what you wanna try because it can be a bit overwhelming if you don't know what anything is when you get inside. With that said, the service here is amazing. The ladies running the shop are so nice and helpful! read more

Excellent crack seed store in Waialae area. Servers were helpful and informative. We ordered sweet plum, li hing mui and lemon peel but their selection is wonderfully huge! read more

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This place has an amazing selection! I especially appreciate the variety in li hing, not often you find so many different kinds. read more

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I have been buying the same seed, seedless licorice plum, for awhile from this store. Always good and fresh but today hard and old. I just bought 2 days ago and was great. I'm not a complainer but it was so bad I had to go back. The 2 ladies working said it was a different batch from 2 days ago, said it was a newer batch. I told them it may be a new batch but they were sold old seed. I asked if I could get something else comparable to what I had paid but they said no. I'm sorry that is bad customer service in my opinion. I was not asking for my money back and I patronize the store often. I gotta look for another crack seed store now. read more

Located on KOKO head Ave on the corner of Koko head and Waialae Ave. They have 121 different kinds of preserved dried fruit and seeds and also dried packaged fruits. They were very helpful and friendly and gave us items to try, even at that there are so many items that look the same but with different names and flavors. They have parking in the municipal parking lot or they also have some street meter parking. The store is small enough to hold maybe only 3 customers if more than that you would be next to each other all the way to the entrance. Service is fast so better to wait outside until others come out, instead of crowing inside. read more

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2026 review. Just ordered a few items that I either like or just love!! If anyone loves ginger the one that I love is the licorice ginger!! I bought 4 1/4 lb bags it has the slight taste of licorice, soft texture ,'not salty and the little kick of ginger!!! I also got king sweet li hing mui, sweet whole seed, li hing mango, wet lemon peel and arare with a little packet of li hing juice ( I guess to pour on the arare!! Mouth watering !!!! read more

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This is my first time ordering in store!! I found these guys online many years ago. I like the super salty dried plum which are hard to find. And when I arrived in Honolulu it didn't cross my mind to go to the storefront until I saw the Crack Seed sign while eating lunch. I'm so happy that I didn't have to pay for shipping read more

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The BEST -- better than all the rest!!! I order from the Mainland and I'm never disappointed. I was born and raised in Hawaii--Unfortunately I had too leave, but Crack Seed puts a smile on me read more

Great stop for dried Chinese snacks with a wide selection of ling hing mui. They also other stuff like macadamia nut candy, lemon peel gummies and icees. Always have trouble deciding what to get. read more

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I love this old school crack seed store! They have excellent variety and will bag the seed in 1/4, 1/2, and 1lb bags. The shop is small so it's polite to wait outside if there are a few people inside. The glass jars take me back to small kid time, prices are reasonable and product is ono! read more

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This place is very nostalgic to my childhood. Seed taste the same as what I remember which is good. The store was a bit tiny which is authentic to a typical local crack seed store. Service was great which the ladies were helpful with me trying to decide what I was looking for. read more

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Hmm, two Yelp listings are using the same street address but with different business names in the system. I decided to post to this listing because the 'Kaimuki Crack Seed Store' one seems to be outdated and has less than ten reviews. Anyway, this is a mom-and-pop shop known for a large variety of popular preserved fruit snacks (i.e. crack seed). A poster on the front window had photos of over 100 varieties. Despite the vast inventory, we came specifically because of their Icee machine. Each of us bought a large Icee with li hing mui (dried salt plum) flavor. The drink had a strawberry slush base with some li hing mui juice added to provide sourness to the mix. The tart factor wasn't quite puckering your lips, however it was distinguishable. The longtime proprietor retired a few years ago, and the place was purchased by the ladies who run Sing Cheong Yuan Bakery in Chinatown. After eating dim sum from that bakery earlier in the morning, this Icee was a perfect cold refreshment. The bonus was supporting two businesses from the same local owners. If we had more time and my stomach was not as full, then I would have asked for some taste samples of the snacks from this Hawaiian candy store. read more

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Always a favorite when coming back home! Strawberry Icee with li hing juice is a MUST! The sweetness from the icee and tartness from the li hing hits so diff on a hot sunny day. read more

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Your sweet and sour seed store that consistently has good products. Usually drop a couple hundred bucks in this place for gifts or o bring back home. read more

A friend went to Las Vegas and brought back a package of Rock Salt Seedless Ume for us and we loved it! Wanted to find a store that might sell this so when we googled it, this place popped up. Made a special trip to Kaimuki to check it out. When we found the store, we were lucky to get the last of the 3 parking spaces in front located on Koko Head Ave. When I stepped in, I saw so many jars of seeds, candy and Mochi crunch...wish I took pictures of all. This place is a gem...reminded me of the good old days. The women that helped me were so nice which was a plus!! They did have something similar to what I was looking for. I asked if I could sample it and was pleased that she was okay with it. I spent over $40 worth of seeds and will be back to try different ones! read more

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King mui is so freaking good! Wife came home with this a few weeks ago and we can't get enough of it! So soft and not salty or overly sweet! read more

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So nice to see a place you grew up with is still Surviving. Kaimuki has changed so much . I'm so Thankful for this Crack Seed Store. They have a Large Selection of Delicious Seeds etc.. Please support them . read more

I came specifically to try their li hing mui icee! They add a few pieces with the juice and then top it with strawberry icee! I did a little mixing with the star to combine everything. The flavor is so unique- it's sweet, sour, fruity, and salty. It was so good and very refreshing! They also sell a variety of preserved snacks you can buy by bulk as well. read more

Crack Seed Store - Strawberry icee with li hing mui - Candy Stores Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

I haven't seen this old style Crack Seed store since I was a child. Everything was clean and the items well labeled and easy to find. I was looking for Seedless King Li Hing Mui. This is hard to find so I was very happy to see it. It was a bit pricey but worth the price as it was a special treat. read more

The space is tiny, the customer service is efficient. The best part for me is that it's not actually in Chinatown, there's ample parking, reasonably clean, and they fit so much into that space. Organization is well done, efficiency is key, know what you want or decide quickly, or get skipped. I like coming here for mooncake in the autumn for an assortment of mini mooncake. Theres not as much selection as sing chong (no mochi skins) and just a sampling of flavors but they are convenient. read more

Fantastic selection of every dried fruit in every flavor profile imaginable. Staff is very helpful.

Anything with crack seed I will buy!!! So many options! It was an easy $100 I spent to bring back to the mainland lol. The ladies working there were great and they moved the line very well with just two of them. read more

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I grew up in Kaimuki town, and remembered my adventures of going to this little - Crack Seed Store on Koko Head Avenue. My adventures to this particular crack seed store dates back to the 70's (yeah I'm old as dirt!). I was coming here even before when Mr. Young bought this crack seed store in the mid-70's, as an old Chinese lady used to own this cracked seed store. Since then, Mr. Young had ran a successful cracked seed business but decided to finally retire recently, and he sold his business to a new generation of cracked seed owners........ One things for sure when you come to this Crack Seed Store in Kaimuki, as this store has a pretty sizable selection of cracked seeds! Not into cracked seeds? Well they also got Icee da bear (that's what I called it as a kid) drinks, as well as cookies over here! Since Mr. Young retired, looks like this cracked seed store has done a little renovations as the store looked brighter, with nice new flooring. Happy to see the new owners are still passing on the tradition of selling a wonderful selection of cracked seeds and other snacks! The day I came here, I was still looking for my Li Hing Cherry Seed..........yes, I found it, but unfortunately they sold it "seedless". I like mine with the seed inside, cuz I wanna "suck seed = succeed!" Buwahahahahaha! (Read my other review of Honolulu Crack Seed.........inside joke!) Prices here are on point from other cracked seed shops that I go to in town, and the folks here are friendly! There is plenty metered street parking, or if you wanna park at the Kaimuki municipal parking lot, there is plenty parking overall to get to this cracked seed store. read more

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Still my favorite store for rock salt plum. The auntys that own it now are awesome and I still love stopping in here for them! read more

Crack Seed Store - Window menu. Out of rock salt plum with the seed this time but it's ok! - Candy Stores Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

If you're looking for Li Hing Mui, your search ends here. Cute little shop with extensive selection!

All kinds of great options. Lots of li hi mui kinds. Try the icee and li hi mui for refreshing sweet and salty adventure. Like stepping back in time. read more

So much variety and the employees are always so willing to help you find what you're looking for. I especially like that they package their seeds and seal it tightly - some stores don't do this ! read more

Very late post - Time of visit was between October 24-28th. I was so happy to find this store. My family an I like dried plums and they had so many assortment in this store. Some items are pricey but I think that's just how much it is. Some of the items here can be found at wal-mart but they definitely don't have the assortment like this place has. When my friend and I came here, we were greeted by two asian ladies. I have been to places like this and they normally force you to sample items but here, we actually had to ask if we can sample. Anyway, we were able to try a few things and I specifically bought a LOT. I noticed that halfway through the sampling, they started to get stingy. We didn't abuse the tasting, I literally just sampled the ones I was interested in and most of the items I sampled, I purchased. It kinda just rubbed me the wrong way. It wasn't like there was a long line outside, other than occasional customers buying drinks. Anyway, you can ask to sample is the bottom line. Highly recommend visiting this place especially if you like Chinese preserves. read more

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I really enjoy selecting a variety of chinese seeds from the large bottles like the good ol' days. On my recent visit I spent over $50 and now have an array of snacks to enjoy. The seeds are ono; meaty and soft. Service is fast : felt rushed. Worth the drive to Kaimuki from the north side. read more

I'm so glad this store is still open. It's hard to find a brick and mortar seed store. (they also sell online and ship very fast!) The quality is good, the variety is plentiful, and the service is quick and friendly. read more

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This store is nostalgic! Glad these crackseed stores are still around. Not many left but glad this one is still here. Love their icee with li hing mui juice. They sell bunch of crackseed and other goodies here. Perfect place to stop by for your sweet tooth if you're in the area! read more

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