Unique Snacks People Used to Eat in Hawaii

Hawaii’s snacks are unique especially to those who didn’t grow up there. In fact you may find some of these strange! Nevertheless, these are snacks that I grew up on and I’ve missed them so much!

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[Takenjayyy]

I love how joyful shinichi is in this video 😄 Childhood snackies do that to you ✨

[TheLadyLuck]

I love li hing mui and crack seed. Probably part of the problem for Satoshi with li hing mui is that sometimes they add licorice to the flavoring. Maybe if you find some without the licorice he'd like it better LOL! But I have to admit that the friends I've introduced it to didn't like it. I think you have to grow up with it as it's an acquired taste.

[aimee]

Great video! Satoshi’s reaction to the sour items was priceless; what a good sport.

[bonzolvr]

I was SO shocked 😳 that Satoshi ate the rest of the cinnamon toast! And his reaction to the sour was so funny 😄 I loooove sour but not with any sweetness.

[spang]

Great selections! We dip Royal Creems in coffee. One Ton chips are, in fact, used as a topping for Chinese Chicken Salad. It even comes in a smaller strip form just for salads, about 1/4" wide. Nibbits used to come in mild and spicy forms so Shinichi, you probably had the spicy one back in the day. Lemon peel was also a "medicine" when we had a cough or sore throat. Better than cough syrup!

[perdomot]

We have to find a very sour snack with lots of cinnamon for Satoshi to try. Should be an epic reaction.

[jengm]

LOL Satoshi was like "WHY" when you were explaining the lemon peel ingredients.
I love you guys so much 🥰
Even though I lived in Hawaii my entire life, I can't get myself to like pickled mango. Every other snack, 100% agree

[hollish]

The pickled green mango had me LOL! But great idea about sushi rice.

[alanhyt]

I can tell that Satoshi knows it's not his subject, since it's about what Shinichi ate as a child, but he really loves tasting the snacks that Shinichi knows so well.

[Will-jmcc]

Creem crackers with butter and COFFEE!!! Maebo is a local Japanese family own business in Hilo. One-Ton chips on Asian chicken salad - YUM! Yuck Lung did distribute li hung mui. Shinichi, do you remember they had shrimp chips and taco tubes?

[angelamapa]

Childhood snacks are so comforting :D When I was a kid, my dad would often go on business trips and he was usually too busy to buy us any souvenirs. No problem, we enjoyed the things that airlines gave him haha. I loved it when he took JAL home because we'd put on his plane socks & kimono and we'd eat his plane snacks. I remember trying senbei for the first time when I was 5. My absolute favorite was the rice cracker wrapped in nori <3 I love rice crackers to this day :D My sister loves pickled mango. Her favorite brand is a little bit sweet and not too sour, perahps Satoshi could eat that haha. It's good as a snack or as a sort of side dish for fried chicken or the like.

[Scriptor]

_Super_ nostalgic! I love sharing these childhood memories with you.
We didn't have snacks in my home as a usual thing. At school, though, I often had Royal Creem crackers with milk. Yum! My parents gave lots of cocktail parties, and there were always bowls of Arare around for the party-goers, so I sometimes got a handful when the party was over. Crack seed was a special treat for my mom, and she'd share when she bought some. When I got candy, I loved White Rabbits and Tomoe Ame. Happy memories!

[luckyguy]

Arare and Nibb-its are really good with beer. You are correct about Yick Lung making cracked seed - they used to make the best Li Hing Mui. I thought YL went out of business - nice to hear it was revived. We made a tea from that lemon peel if we had a stomach ache. I also remember that one of my aunts would cook a meat dish with the lemon peel - I can't remember what it was called. Nice video guys! Thanks!

[VerhoevenSimon]

These nostalgia trips are always fun, and Satoshi handled some of the more special ones so well!

[pyamane]

Poor Satoshi! He's a good sport for someone who appears not to like sour foods.

[luckyguy]

I still get regular shipments of Diamond Bakery items from Hawaii. They are the ultimate comfort food to me. We used to put avocado on the saloon pilot bread way before avocado toast was a thing! My aunts always had the "One-Ton" chips at their Mahjong nights - My cousins and I would steal them for snacks while we watched TV in a different room while my Mom and her sisters lost all their money to each other.

[thedogmother]

When I was little, mom would give me Royal Creem Crackers…the original, with a bit of butter and we’d dip the buttered crackers into hot chocolate. Just the other day, my husband ate some with peanut butter. That was not bad either. LOL

[louisetregomorgan]

Nitbits quite pricey, but ok for a treat and very nice indeed 👍 But the crackers would have to be my favorite.

[shadowvamp]

His response tot he sourness was hilarious.

[titasmom]

Creem crackers are supposed to have a creamy texture according to Google. But who knows why they spelled it that way 🤷🏻‍♀️. Loved nibbits as a kid. I don't think they taste the same as before. Different shape and I agree, not as spicy, but still would eat them if someone offered them to me. Ate fresh green mangoes with a shoyu, pepper, sugar dipping sauce...sometimes vinegar was added... don't tell Satoshi, he might runaway if you served him that dish! Thanks for bringing back memories to me. I look forward to Satoshi sharing his childhood snacks too!