Highly recommend these malasadas. I especially loved the ube cheesecake filling and the passionfruit one. They are hot and fresh. read more

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Hawaii's Ultimate Doughnut has a cart off of Mamalahoa Hwy in Waikoloa, Big Island. It's small and colorful, you can't miss it. Please be careful turning in and out into traffic. Hannah has this spot rocking and it's not just because of the traffic flying by that shakes the cart. She's patient, funny, and LOVES this work. The staff in there are working with a fryer, and it's hot. I could see sweat on Hannah's face. She still had a smile and was willing to chat. Great service all around! The new item is Dubai chocolate malasada! It's an added $7 more for this trendy treat. Hannah showed me the pistachio cream filling used and the type of chocolate bar with a thick layer of crispy bits, it's all imported. This is the legit stuff. Minimum Malasada purchase is three and you won't be disappointed if you have to eat more than planned. Hannah made sure I got napkins because she knew what was about to go down. I definitely got the holy trinity if haupia, guava, and lilikoi. It's a must! I tried it without a sugar dusting and I think I'll go back to the sugar, why not. read more

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OMG!!! So worth the visit! Fresh malasadas on the side of the road at the north end of the island! Served from a food truck, the malasadas were fresh and piping hot! And so delicious! The owner was great at helping us pick flavors to try and obviously took pride in his business. The place had a steady flow of visitors and really is a must! Nothing fancy but well worth the visit! read more

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This little food truck that is parked on the side of the road is a must when on the west side of the big island. Being from Oahu we have Leonard's malasadas, but these malasadas are amazingly delicious. The outside of the malasadas are crispy and the inside is pastry soft. If you are a foodie that likes texture, then this is the perfect place. It is a wait for your fresh, hot malasadas, but I will tell you it is worthwhile. read more

Hawaii’s Ultimate Donut - Malasadas with sugar - Donuts Near Me - Waimea, Hawaii

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Delicious! Make sure that you choose a filling for each malasada you get. We ordered a 6pk for $14, with $3 for 2 filling flavors...but that's only to fill 2 of the 6 up with filling. The other 4 were plain no filling. Lesson learned. We ordered Ube Cheesecake and Peanut butter flavored fillings. Ube cheesecake filling was AWESOME! The peanut butter filling is super thick and makes your mouth dry and thirsty. I recommend another light and creamy flavored filling...or a berry filling. Overall, great experience. The wait was 15min after ordering. This is a side of the road food truck near Hapuna State Beach, and is a great spot to pull over to enjoy. We will come again. Mahalo! read more

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Only wanted 1 to try was told you gotta buy more, Nah Not worth it. I only wanted 1 So Go to Queens Market Island Gourmet! Wow there Malasadas Fresh Very Good cheaper and you can buy 1 ! Wow , there Haupia is So Good! read more

For sweet lovers! This is a must try and look for when visiting Big Island - the Malasada Truck. It's a made to order to have. They have varieties of flavors. Everything was delicious and you can never go wrong regardless of what flavor you get. Make sure you give yourself enough time since there's a wait. My wait time was between 45 minutes to an hour. However it's truly worth it. BTW cash only!!! read more

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Must stop when you are on Mamalahoa Highway near Waikoloa. We always have to order the freshly made Hawaiian donut that is buttery, soft, slight similarly crispy on the outside and inside soft filled with various flavors to choose from. Our favorite is the Nutella and coconut. You can put go wrong with any of the Hawaiian flavors. It takes a long time from ordering to putting this tasty dessert in your mouth, but it is well worth the wait..you are in Hawaii after all and waiting is part of the fun. The smell of the donut too wow wow wow read more

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What are the malasadas? Per wikipedia, a malasada in Portuguese- from "mal-assada" "badly-baked" is also called Portuguese fried dough. It is a Portuguese fried type of doughnut, made of flattened rounds of yeast dough, with lemon zest and coated with granulated sugar and cinnamon. The traditional Portuguese malasadas do not contain holes or any type of filling. However, in Hawaii, malasadas are with holes, with tropical flavorful cream or jelly fillings include chocolate, custard, coconut, passion fruit, guava, pineapple and custard. You must stop to grab a few malasadas here! Must have these malasadas with fillings; otherwise, you will regret not to have them prepared in a Hawaiian style. The service is fast, super fast considering how this food truck provides such a warm, flavorful, and tasty malasadas. Someone was really patience and nice taking our order, as we could not easily decide our filling. The ambiance is fun and friendly. I like it. You must try and you won't regret. It's a bit pricey but it worths every penny for a delicious treat. Make it a point to stop! Must try both with sugar topping and delicious tropical filling. Aloha stop for sure! read more

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These are hands down the best Hot Malasadas I've had in Hawaii. Don't listen to the people that tell you Leonard's are the best. These are way better. We loved it so much on our last trip we went twice, so clearly we had to come back twice again on this trip. You'll find the truck parked on the highway near the turnoff for Beach 69/Hapuna Beach. It's cash only. She opens roughly around 12-12:30 and is open until at least 4 when we drive by, but I'm not sure how late. I'd recommend getting there close to when she opens to avoid a long wait. Everything is made to order, so even if there is no line, you'll probably wait about 10 minutes. If there's a line, you may wait close to an hour. We always get them filled and Li-Hing is my favorite sugar. On this trip we tried: Lilikoi, Strawberry, Lemon, Apricot, Peanut Butter, Ube Cheesecake, Caramel, Lilikoi, Lilikoi Cream Cheesecake, Mango, and Guava. The fruit jam ones are my favorites: Lilikoi, Strawberry, Apricot, and Mango. Li-Hing is definitely my favorite sugar. They're served warm too which is the best. We tried the Mango-Lilikoi lemonade, but I didn't really like it. My only small complaint about the Malasadas is that I want more filling. Only about half of the bites have filling. All in all, this place is a must try even if you have to wait. We'll be back on our next trip. read more

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I've had maladadas at other restaurants in Hawaii. Hawaii's Ultimate Donut is my favorite. They stand above the rest. The dough alone could beat many of the others. And when you add a filling to it, none of the other restaurants even come close. I've been here several times. I make sure to order it at least once every time I'm on the big island. My favorite fillings, in order, are strawberry, guava, lilikoi, and caramel. And I think they all go best with li-hing but plain sugar is great too. read more

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These were a treat I won't soon forget. I've seen this truck through out the years while going to the beach on vacations and finally stopped to see what line was about. What I didn't know is that they make them fresh to order and you can see them making the donuts through the window. This is when I got excited. The wait can take a little while, ours took about 15 minutes but it was worth it. We chose a lemon filled donut, a mango and a guava. The filling was fresh and not too sweet and combined with the fresh hot dough, it was heaven in your mouth. read more

Hawaii’s Ultimate Donut - Lemon zest, guava and mango filled donuts! - Donuts Near Me - Waimea, Hawaii

Confused to why 13 reviews when this location has been in business for 9 years!! Food: straight forward, fresh yummy fried malasada goodness. High quality compared to others I have had. filling options at $1/each. A tad sweet for my taste. *i do not recommend chocolate filling, on the liquid side and melted/leaked all over. Otherwise flavors were good. Service- nice Location- literally off the road, food truck. Value- fair, expensive but high quality. 1/2 dozen with 5 filled, total $17. Recommend- YES!! read more

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These are good malasadas but they make you buy 3 which is crazy to me! Not sure if they are great enough to go back for more. I still think there are better ones on the big island and places that don't make you buy a certain amount! read more

The lady handling the orders is so lovely. The wait is a bit when it's busy. But the pastries are fluffy puff sweet doughy balls. Too doughy for my taste but still must try. The place is a food truck located in a safari looking environment. read more

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Here's what you need to know: it's a fun little dessert truck and the masaladas are huge. We ordered 6 for 4 persons and that was way too much food. It's not cheap if you stuff the donuts, and we ended up spending $24 for 6 stuffed donuts. The stuffings are decent but not amazing. The mango was too sweet, the passionfruit was better, my kids loved the Nutella but that's unoriginal. The service was very friendly hence the 4 stars. I don't think I'll make a trip out here purposefully again but if I'm massing through, I'll pick up one unstuffed masalada or two read more

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Having had these and the malasadas from Punalu'u and can compare, these are denser and heavier and the ones at Punalu'u are fluffier. The ones at Punalu'u are also lighter on your wallet... these are still tasty but closer to zeppoles or beignets in consistency. Eat them warm though or they brick up. My main concern here is with the value, the environmental impact, and the deceptive practices. They only sell in orders or multiples of 3 so you're automatically on the hook for $8 and THEN on top of that they charge you for the filling. Big yikes. They skip out on the fillings which only go about a half inch into the actual product. They also advertise a sign on the front that states they take cards. I've been here twice and it's been cash only. What a racket. Finally, as they sit here, they bake inside a wooden box that they have to refrigerate and heat, running two large generators on gas the entire day. Honestly if they didn't make amazing iced coffee, I wouldn't have come back here....but I even got the bait and switch for that and apparently they get different coffee suppliers every day so the first day it was light and sweet and the second day it was black so I had to get my money back. The second time they also managed to mess up my order and gave me chocolate instead of Nutella after waiting god knows how long in the hot sun. The last thing I will say is that there are no food hygiene practices here. They wear the same gloves for dealing with raw dough as they do for taking money. They also wear the same gloves for taking money as they do for filling your donuts. Donut filling is all over these gloves so if you have any allergies whatsoever do not eat here as you will be guaranteed to get some thing that you did not order. Wish I hadn't stopped here a second time. read more

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We had been staying nearby and kept passing this cute stand when off to other island activities. We finally popped over & ordered six jelly filled donuts and two iced coffees. We assumed it would be great, given the line of people. The price point was high, thinking $30+ for coffee and donuts was a tad steep, but we thought for a fun experience, it would be worth it. The coffee was excellent, if you are looking for amazing iced coffee, this is a great roadside stop. The donuts didn't meet our expectations at all. They tasted almost raw inside, so maybe we just got a bad batch. Our donuts did sit a while because there was a miscommunication about the name on the order. It was for Debra, not Delora. So every time the ladies called Delora out the window, we didn't know it was our order. The overall time standing outside (the trees in the lot they were in didn't really provide any shade) to order and get the donuts was about 90 minutes total. Again, the coffee was excellent. But be warned, this seemed like the biggest tourist trap on the island. read more

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awwwww...... I pulled over on the side of the road excited to check this place out. First of all, with no line, they didn't acknowledge us for a good 5 minutes.... don't know what was going on? Finally when we just flat out said - "Can we order????" they said yes, but it will be minimum 20 minutes to get the order. No thanks. Leonard's in Honolulu, rocks and gives you your order really fast. Too bad since I was going to bring them back to Honolulu and gift them. read more

This place do be bussin and a must stop in Kailua-Kona. Their malasadas aka Portuguese fried dough is very good. These perfectly fried and airy dough balls hit so good especially after a hike/beach in Hawaii hehe. Eating that ball of fried dough is very heavy but soooooooo good. For me personally, I don't take sweets well so a simple no filling with Li-Hing sugar coat is enough to make me say yummy. The workers here are very very very nice. Support local businesses because they deserve the very best. The steps to order is 1. How many Malasadas would you like? 2. Sugar coat. (Must try the Li-Hing which is a sweet and sour plum sugar). A bit of tang with the sugar. 3. *Optional step* Pick a filling to be in the balls. I tried the Haupia (coconut) filling and that was very good similar to a Hong Kong Cocktail Bun. Definitely would get again. They come out on the road as a food truck as early as 9:00am and I hear from the locals that they typically run out around 1:00pm. They only take cash so allocate 11-15$ would get you the good experience and will cover a 2-3$ tip for this local business. They been going 9 years strong so let's keep them going foodies. read more

Side of the road stop after a beach day. You can get different fillings. We just went for glazed and powdered donuts. Big, dense and filling. read more

Hawaii’s Ultimate Donut - Glazed and sugar donuts - Donuts Near Me - Waimea, Hawaii

Yummy hot malasadas near Hapuna Beach! We ordered 6 malasadas with guava, lilikoi, haupia, and Bavarian cream. They were warm, fresh and delicious! Our favorite filling was the lilikoi. It was a great treat to take with us to the beach. read more

Hawaii’s Ultimate Donut - Donuts Near Me - Waimea, Hawaii

DISGUSTING ATTITUDE. Had to knock on the window, waited 5 minutes, and then the young lady said they only take cash, after we ordered. On the window, it stated that cash is preferred and they take other options. When I asked her if they tap or zelle, her response was "I dont know." It clearly states they take it on the window (picture attached). They don't deserve anyone's business. Everyone on the island is nice. They need to learn how to be pleasant. read more

Hawaii’s Ultimate Donut - Says they take cashless payments. When I tried to pay, she refused to let me zelle or tap. Disgusting attitude. - Donuts Near Me - Waimea, Hawaii

A must eat on the big island! These sweet little treats are a MUST have if you're visiting. Get them unfilled and with the Li-Hing dust. Absolutely no regrets on eating these every morning for 5 straight days! Love the sweet people behind these delicious goodness too! So incredibly friendly and made me feel comfortable chatting as they cooked up Hawaiian donuts. Don't hesitate or sleep on these! Cash or Zelle only! $10 for 3, $15 for 6 $22 for 12. Filling is an extra cost. read more

Hawaii’s Ultimate Donut - Traditional Hawaiian donuts with no filling and Li-Hing dust. - Donuts Near Me - Waimea, Hawaii

These are delicious. Our favorite filling was chocolate and peanut butter. The ube cheesecake filling was also delicious. The donut itself isn't super sweet but the filling is what gives it the sweet kick. read more

Best malasadas on the big island! This truck on the side of the highway is a must for anyone with a sweet tooth. There are lots of fun flavors available, but I recommend sticking with more traditional Hawaiian flavors like guava and coconut. read more

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Tried 3 of their different flavors and those were pretty good. The truck is parked road side, pretty easy to spot. read more

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Got out from the beach and saw this donut truck stand. It was very yummy , made to order . Plenary of parking just pull over and park. The only downside is the wait is about 15 minutes for your order to be ready. But overall , these Portuguese donut, malasadas are yummy. read more

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This is the second time I've stopped here on two separate trips and the first time was much better. They only take cash and are made fresh so it takes awhile for them to make. The minimum you can order is 3 for $10. You can pick your topping and for a filling it's $2 extra for each one. I picked one with just the sugar topping, one filled with peach/pineapple and one with the lilikoi cream filling. They were tasty but more doughy this time. Not sure if they changed the dough or why I liked them better the last time - worth a stop if you have some extra time. read more

These are so good, but the wait can be crazy long- one employee and one fryer- but she's making them fresh from dough right there, they are hot, delicious and oozing with goodness. I think I waited close to an hour and I had only three parties ahead of me, people were dropping out of the line right and left. Doesn't help that people show up with laundry lists to order- I get it....they are that good. Just be prepared for a substantial read more

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Delicious!!!! Cute little Hawaiian donut truck. Ordered the dozen with half filled. Mmmm!

If you see this truck. Stop. Or turn around. Whatever you have to do, get your malasadas here! These are incredible- and the reviews are legit! If you are lucky enough to get these - it'll be a treat! Favorite filling: coconut and lilikoi and powdered sugar on the outside! read more

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Words cannot convey how great these malasadas are fresh out of the fryer. These are truly the BEST! read more

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This is a must stop spot! The Malasadas and lemonade are so worth it! The dough is a little dense but it's delicious (especially when they're fresh out of the oil and hot) I tried a half dozen with the following flavors: Original Guava Original Passionfruit cream cheese Original chocolate Peanut butter Powdered Nutella (2x) Local favorite with Bavarian Creme *I highly recommend the passion fruit cream cheese, Bavarian creme (with the sweet and sour plum sugar) and the Nutella This spot is easy to find right off the hwy and there's even a protected turn lane. You do have to park "off the road" in dirt but it's easy! It's a cash only spot and popular so tends to have a line. The service is incredible and it's definitely a great spot before or after the beach! read more

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Because every order is cooked to order you might have to wait a bit but the malasadas are worth it. The fillings are great but these babies are pretty heavy duty on their own so be very hungry or stick with the traditional cinnamon and sugar coating. I can't finish 3 by myself. Also these are best eaten hot right out of the fryer. Super soft and yummy. Eat them right there, don't take them back to your hotel/house for the freshest best experience. Nice folks operate this trailer and have been a fixture along the highway near Puako for years. They put out a great product and deserve to be supported. read more

Wow - mobile food truck...Malasada donuts - side of road near Hapuna State Beach near Waikoloa. Worth finding on the island. Donuts are unreal - warm. All kids of fillings and sugar options. read more

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I have to be Honest this was really not my cup of tea. If you like really sweet stuff than this might be more for you. Although having it come out fresh and hot is nice. I found the whole thing was just kind of a one-dimensional sugar bomb. read more

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We drove past the business a few times but it always had a significant line so we decided to wait. We came at 12:10pm today and saw a "back in an hour sign". We came back a little after 1pm and the sign was still up. There was a woman sitting in a chair a little bit away but she didn't say anything or really acknowledge us. We decided to give it a few minutes in case she was still on her lunch. After twenty minutes, a line had started to form. She finally gets up to say she ran out of doughnuts earlier in the day and the dough was rising. It would be another 20 minutes of rising and 15 minutes of frying on top of that to get our malasadas. Terrible experience. She made eye contact several times and didn't bother to let us know before we waited for that long?? read more

Could be better. When they say "filled" donut for $1-2. It isn't really filled. More like a glob of whatever filling on top malasadas you order. My gripe is that I specifically asked if a dozen malasadas can be split into a 2 boxes of 6. (We had traveled 45 minutes to get here and were stopping by family with the malasadas). Dude at the counter said "absolutely, we can do that for you!" I left a huge tip for the extra effort. Ordered my first 6 for the first box and then the second 6 for the second box. Asking again to confirm that they would be able to split the dozen and if it wasn't a problem. They said "yes, we can do that" Long wait was expected, but when we got our order they mixed the entire dozen. The guy that reassured us of this all was taking a break at this time. We asked the woman if she would be able to split as requested and went to see the order taken. There was no indication on the order of what we specifically requested and confirmed multiple times. Decided to just ask for a second box and we would split it up on our own. Not the end of the world. Drove off and got to our family's home 5 minutes away. Opened it up, and it was not good. Seemed undercooked. Plus, there was only 11 malasadas total, not the dozen. We probably had a one off bad experience here as everyone loves this place. But we wanted to share our story. Won't be back. read more

Unlike any malasada I've ever had. These are much denser and heavier than a normal fluffy malasada. They are made to order, which depending on how busy it is can take up to 30 minutes to get your order. There are a lot of options including what type of sugar or filling you want. It'll cost you 21$ for 6 filled donuts, and I unfortunately can't say they're worth that money or time you'll spend waiting. 3 stars because I would say to support small local businesses, and they aren't too bad, but don't expect your "filled" donut to be anything other than lightly topped. read more