Honolulu Chocolate Company

When killing time, you usually end up in places that’s not in your agenda. That’s what happened when I arrived at Ward Centre with my friend Anthony. We had some time to cruise before going to Ryan’s Grill for Happy Hour.
Checkin’ out the scenery, walkin’ with a nice pace, I kinda got lured into this place with chocolates. Honolulu Chocolate Company to be exact. Well I’m not a chocolate kinda guy but «like a moth to a flame» I got attracted to the LED Xmas lights haha. Then minutes after I started to notice all the fine chocolates that were up for sale. I was drawn towards the chocolate covered blueberries and raspberries. Thinking that if I bought these, they would’ve probably melted while on my trip back to the Big Island.
This little shop is decked with chocolates. Since it’s the holiday season, Honolulu Chocolate Company has the perfect gifts for family and friends. Not just the holiday season, but for any occasion these chocolates would put a smile on any face!

If you love dark chocolate like I do, check this place out. They make THE BEST Chocolate Decadence and Hand Rolled Chocolate Decadence that I have ever had! When I have these, I hide them from my family and savor every bite of this delicious treat. Their dark chocolate dipped strawberries (made only on occasions, I believe) are also very good.

Just had the Peanut Butter Love. Coming from a person who likes pretty much everything chocolate and peanut butter, I think I’ve got a new favorite truffle!

Located in the Ward Center.
We were walking around the mall and came across Honolulu Chocolate Company. They have a variety of chocolates that are all made in the store. They have bags of chocolate, chocolate bars, chocolate dipped items, and they sell individual pieces of chocolate as well. I believe this is a local store and it’s family owned. The cashier was friendly and helpful. She wrapped our pieces of chocolate neatly. This place is perfect if you want to just grab one or two pieces of chocolate and enjoy it while walking around. I enjoyed the consistency and flavor of their chocolate. It was smooth and not too sweet.

Sweets from the Honolulu Chocolate Company are perfect to give as a gift or to treat yourself. They have prepackaged bridge mix – chocolate covered nuts and dried fruits – gift boxes, and individual chocolate sold by weight.
Many of their chocolates like S’Mores, Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers, and Pretzels come in your choice of milk, dark, and sometimes white chocolate. They are known for their Turtles – a mix of caramel and nuts covered in chocolate – they also have a large variety of jumbo Truffles with all sorts of flavor combinations from fruity to boozy to creamy.
Make a custom box of Honolulu Chocolate Company treats for a chocolate lover in your life, they will thank you.

Expensive! Super yummy, so many options too! We only got a few things because it adds up fast. I loved my chocolate dipped pears.

Kailey was great and helpful! Thank you for helping Jody and I! She gave wonderful service and usually I’m not one to buy gourmet chocolate, but the Honolulu Chocolate Company had a variety to choose from.
If you’re on a budget (like how I was, haha), I would recommend choosing from the display case. I ended up getting a chocolate covered fortune cookie, a Kahlua truffle, rocky road, and chocolate covered oreos. Very delicious! Thanks Kailey!

Whenever I’m at Ward Center for an appointment, I usually do stop by Honolulu Chocolate Company (HCC) to see if there are any new products or chocolate assortments being featured. I don’t normally buy things from this store on a usual basis, but I always look forward to visiting HCC during Christmas, as there’s a fun selection of cute bundles of themed candy available.
I mostly visit this store if I need to get some sort of small treat for my cousins for special occasions — they love the chocolate-​dipped OREOs here. While this is all I usually purchase (those assortments at HCC aren’t cheap), I always have fun perusing the numerous sweet treats in stock.
Here are some of the products I’ve bought from HCC. And yes, my top two favs have got to be the chocolate-​dipped OREOs and the chocolate-​covered graham crackers, one of the most addicting snacks:
«Chocolate-​Dipped Oranges»: My cousin loved these chocolate-​dipped oranges the one time I bought it for her for a special occasion. These chocolate-​dipped fruits are sold in the display case, but you can also order larger-​sized boxes online. This sweet-​yet-​tart treat consists of fresh, candied orange slices hand dipped in a combination of dark, milk and white chocolate. My cousin really enjoyed the fresh burst of citrus flavor and the contrasting creamy mixture of the luscious chocolate.
«Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers»: This has to be one of my favorite snacks, not just from this store, but in general. I don’t normally eat graham crackers by themselves, but adding a velvety chocolate coating on the outside just makes everything better. This crunchy treat features crisp graham crackers heavily coated in hand-​dipped dark and milk chocolate. I love both variations of these chocolate-​dipped crackers. In fact, if you wanted, you could even toast up some marshmallows and create your own homemade s’mores with these addictive treats.
«Chocolate-​Dipped OREO Cookies»: One of my other cousins absolutely loves the chocolate-​dipped OREOs from HCC. Now, OREOs are great all by themselves, but this great chocolaty exterior is sure to please any chocoholic. This treat features America’s favorite cookie hand-​dipped in white, milk or dark chocolate. I’ve purchased these yummy treats individually before, opting for the milk or dark chocolate because I’m not the hugest fan of white chocolate. But each bite was so wonderful! You get the creamy interior of the traditional OREO cookie and the crunchy cookie exterior, but you also get a richer chocolate flavor from the velvety coating. Definitely one of the best products from this company.
«Chocolate-​Dipped Fortune Cookies»: I’ve seen these chocolate-​dipped fortune cookies at weddings as favors, and I’ve always enjoyed my cookie. I like how you can (obviously) personalize the fortune inside the cookie and you still that fresh, crispy, crunchy exterior … even if the entire cookie is coated generously in rich dark or silky milk chocolate. I’ve had both variations and enjoyed both chocolate coatings. The exterior was never too heavy and sported the right amount of sweetness to give some extra flavor to the otherwise blander cookie. Another perk is that these chocolate-​dipped fortune cookies are usually individually sealed/​packaged at events, contributing to that fresh taste.
«Macadamia Turtles»: I’ve never had this treat before, but it always looked (and sounded) really good in the store. It comprises Hawaiian macadamia nuts surrounded by the brand’s own secret caramel recipe then hand dipped in dark, milk and white chocolate. Yum! I look forward to trying the slightly salty, deliciously sweet snack one day. I would even try the white chocolate version to see what it tastes like.

Great place to get your sweet tooth satisfied! It’s a cute little shop with a large variety of products that all taste very good. Janel was very polite and helpful and she helped me choose the right chocolate box for my family! Definitely going here again whenever I’m in need of some chocolate!

I love this place. We usually go to Ward for Goma Tei and then a coffee at Mocha Java on «special» days off. Now I’ve added a super delicious chocolate treat to the list. Nice people and amazing chocolate. Till next time, lovers. I’ll be thinking about you.

Tried their milk chocolate macadamia nut toffee! Very good! I want to go back and try their choco covered Oreos :) very cute shop and they have great take home souvenirs!

I don’t have a huge sweet tooth, so when I get something sweet it better be epic.
I’ve been here a handful of times and never been amazed, but been content. I usually get a piece of dark chocolate something and leave it at that.
This last time I was craving caramel. So I got the dark chocolate caramel and the dark chocolate almond turtle.
I bit into the caramel and it was strange. The flavor and consistency were a bit off. When I looked at the caramel it was a very light color. Something was not quite right with it, I’m not altogether certain it was caramel. Either the caramel wasn’t cooked long enough or they were substituting with some other corn syrup concoction with flavoring. I threw the rest out and bit into the turtle. The caramel in it was the same thing. I was tempted to go back and ask what the eff was the caramel, but was already halfway to the car.
I probably won’t go back. This was a disappointment.

The chocolate here is a about as good as it gets! Cute little shop with a lot of variety and a lot of nice gift ideas. I love all of the different flavors of chocolate eggs and I’m looking forward to trying a couple more next time I’m in the area.
Oh and they have chocolate covered strawberries Mmmm :)

This rating is for the rude service I experienced today and not for the great products especially the seasonal items. I was in last Saturday and had exceptional service and what a contrast today a week later on a Sunday … I ended up not purchasing anything today and left the store angry … the two staff today needs to get some training in basic customer service to say the least — the gal was so rude to me and the guy too, then he basically tried to make up for their rudeness but it was too late — the customer — which was me was already treated rudely … so sad because I love the regular products and of course all of the seasonal items and have been a customer for many years, but today has prompted me to stay away from this store … I was so angry when I left, i wanted to bring everything back that I bought last week Saturday and return it. What an unpleasant experience!
Update:
After writing this review yesterday, I really thought more about how insulting the rude behavior was and made up my mind to return all of the items that I purchased last week. When I give out their products as gifts, I am advertising for them but I felt I did not want to ‘advertise’ for them anymore. So first thing this morning, I returned the items and definitely felt some closure from my end. I did not have the opportunity to express why I was returning the items but that made it even more meaningful to me to walk away from this place. This is all with mixed feelings as I have shopped here for many, many years, but the rudeness out weighs everything prior as it was not only rude and insulting, but even hurtful. I cannot control the rudeness from the staff but i can certainly control whether I frequent this shop or not and I made this decision for myself and I am glad I did! Changing my rating from a two-​star to a one-​star …

I’m such a sweet tooth person… After Goma Tei restaurant, I was in much needed for a mini dessert so I stopped by Here for some white chocolate turtle! I’m a huge fan of white chocolate! They have a lot of varieties with white, milk and dark chocolate. I usually order a small piece and another piece with different flavor. And then I’m satisfied!!! This is by far best chocolatier shop I’ve ever shop in a while! ;)
You can pick varieties in a box! Awesomeness!

good for pretty much any choco needs for the gf. particular faves: choco-​covered fortune cookies, and choco chai bites.
go here whenever you need choco and are in the ward area. heck, it’s even worth going if you’re NOT in the area (or maybe I just have a problem with chocolate…)

Honolulu Chocolate Company is one of the few stores in Hawaii where you can find better name-​brand high-​cacao content chocolate: Venchi, Michel Cluizel, (sometimes) Amedei, etc. The selection changes quite often so I try to stop by when I have time. This time, I saw they had the 75% cacao bar that thought I wouldn’t be able to get anymore when Tamura’s stopped importing them.

Cute little store in Sheraton Waikiki as well. Very elegant and gay shop with sexy chocolates and funky little gifts. They sometimes give out samples if you are Japanese. Yes it is pricey but, hey you are in a resort and they have to pay the rent. The employees are helpful. funny. willing to pose for photos. I wish they would have chocolate covered nipples and other sex organs like many of the more trendy shops in Tokyo or LA. but this is Hawaii. they have gift boxes starting at around $ 14, and it costs about $ 1.65– $ 3.00 for cheapest single piece of chocolate. but if you want a deal then go to the ABC store and get a Snickers.

what: chocolate company with some of the finest chocolates on the island :)
something good: i haven’t actually been in the store yet~ but i have seen it in the ward shopping area. someone gave me a box of chocolate dipped oreo cookies and let’s just say they were deliciously amazing and addicting :) the box was beautifully wrapped in a chocolate colored brown packaging that made it look luxurious. the taste of the cookies… mmmmm… this is making me want to go and get more! it’s a must try!
something not so good: nothing~
something to try: chocolate covered oreo cookies (white chocolate is the best!)

Love their products. All good.
Makes great gifts.
I especially love their dark chocolate covered fortune cookies.