Review: Kauai Ono Kuki

So have I mentioned how wonderful my vacation to Kauai was yet?! Besides the beautiful beaches part, I managed to find some cupcakes too!

But I'm not just a cupcakes gal, my sweet tooth likes all kinds of treats. Just a few doors down from Icing on the Cake I found Kauai Ono Kuki. I poked my head inside to see if they had any cupcakes, but instead I found a case full of cookies and pastries.

I inquired about what was in the middle of one of the cookies, expecting the owner to say some kind of caramel or fruit, but instead found out that it was a whole Reess's Peanut Butter Cup. Yes please.

We grabbed enough cookies for everyone in my family, which was a lot because there were 11 of us! Half of the cookies I bought were the Reese's ones and the other half were chocolate chip macadamia nut, although everyone wanted the Reese's one. I don't blame them, who wouldn't want it?!

The cookie was everything I would want a cookie to be except for that it wasn't just out of the oven. I should have had a glass of milk nearby, but otherwise this cookie was amazing!

After I visited Kauai Ono Kuki, I began to notice that their cookies were being sold in other stores around the island. These are a must when you visit Kauai!

Kauai Ono Kuki
4-356 Kuhio Hwy.
Kapaa, Kauai, HI 96746
808-821-0060
Sunday 5p-8p
Tuesday 6a-2p
Wednesday-Saturday 6a-2p, 5p-8p

Review: Icing on the Cake

Ahhh.....Kauai! What a beautiful place! My family and I recently spent seven glorious days in Kauai. We had a blast surfing, kayaking, hiking, swimming, biking, running, and just laying on the beach.

Before we left, as I do with every trip, I researched cupcakes in the area. Sadly, my searches were pulling up nothing. Did cupcakes exist in Kauai?

The day I left for Kauai I posted about my trip and Shanna from A Cup Full of Cake left a comment about Kauai Ono Kuki and Icing on the Cake. When she got married in Kauai in 2007 she got her wedding cake from Icing on the Cake. She said they also sell cupcakes. I got super excited until I looked up the directions and saw that Icing on the Cake was almost an hour away from where we were staying. Maybe we would get there and maybe not.

A few days later we went kayaking down the Wailua River. Walking to the meeting spot in Kapa'a, a shop caught my eye....it was Icing on the Cake! What luck! I walked inside and was greeted by a plate of cupcakes. Yes!




I only had a few dollars, so I could only grab one cupcake (the cupcakes were $3 each). I chose a chocolate chocolate cupcake. The cake was super moist (expected since Kauai is the wettest island in Hawaii, ha!) and the frosting was very good. The frosting wasn't as thick as I normally like, but I thought it complemented the cupcake very well. I devoured the cupcake in less than a minute, it was delicious!

The two other flavors available were raspberry and vanilla. There weren't any exotic flavors or cute decorations, just cupcakes in raw form. It was nice to see that I can travel almost anywhere and find cupcakes.

Icing on the Cake

4-356 Kuhio Hwy.
Kapa'a, Kauai, HI 96746
808-823-1210
www.icingonthecakekauai.com


P.S. Review of Kauai Bakery coming soon. My sweet tooth was in full force.