Gifts

Keepsake Collaborator: Meet Big Island-Based Photographer, Andrew Richard Hara!

Hilo Bay Keepsake

We’re really excited about our new Keepsake collaboration with Andrew Richard Hara. Through photography, he enjoys interpreting and connecting stories of culture, science, and environmental conservation via the beauty and efforts that are here on our island.

With our exclusive, limited-edition Hilo Bay Keepsake, his photography captures the beauty and serenity of Hilo and, as

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Big Island Candies Collabs Once Again with Lifestyle Brand, Eden in Love! Meet Their Creative Director!

We had so much fun collaborating with Hawaii-based lifestyle brand Eden in Love on our Holiday 2022 Tote Bag that we couldn’t wait to work together again! We just launched the new, exclusive, limited-edition Classic Tote Bag, made of ripstop nylon in a cool color for summer, featuring some of the brand’s adorable characters interacting

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One + One = Two Good: Our NEW Two-In-One Shortbread Series

Here at Big Island Candies, our line of Signature Shortbreads has evolved over the decades to include everything from our original Macadamia Nut Shortbread and Milk Chocolate Dipped Macadamia Nut Shortbread to Coconut, Lemon, Pineapple, Taro, Guava Macadamia Nut, and many others. Our newest creative confection, the Two-In-One Shortbread, combines two of our most popular

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Fun, Festive, Fab: Big Island Candies Collabs with Apparel and Lifestyle Brand Eden in Love!

At Big Island Candies, everything we produce must look good, taste good, and bring happiness to others. Hawaii-based apparel and lifestyle brand Eden in Love shares a similar philosophy: to design products that make people happy. Therefore, it only seems natural that our brands would team up to create something special—and super-cute! Established in 2005,

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Delicious Adornment: Make Your Own Big Island Candies’ Cookie Lei! A Handcrafted Gift for the Graduate!

There’s a longstanding custom here in Hawai`i of giving a lovely lei to a graduate on their graduation day. Whether it’s a high-school or college, preschool, kindergarten, or eighth-grade graduation, or really just about any event where congratulations for a job well done are in order, rows of lei are likely to adorn the recipient’s

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Grounds for Celebration: How to Build an Epic Coffee Lover’s Gift Basket

There are lots of avid aficionados that are passionate about their interests: sports fans and movie buffs, comic-book collectors and wine enthusiasts. Another group that comes to mind—coffee lovers! Some start their day with the beverage—the aroma alone from brewing coffee can be the driving force that gets them out of bed. Some cap an

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