17 Best Hawaiian Desserts that are Easy to Make at Home
on Mar 31, 2022, Updated Nov 19, 2023
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Even if you’ve never visited Hawaii, you can still enjoy delicious Hawaiian-inspired desserts! We’ve collected 17 of the best Hawaiian Desserts that are easy to make at home. If you love the flavors of pineapple, coconut, and passionfruit, you’ll love these recipes.
From chewy mochi to juicy fruit pies, and creamy cheesecake, there’s a lot to love about Hawaiian desserts.
Hawaiian Butter Mochi
If you haven’t tried mochi, it’s a sweet treat made from glutinous rice flour that’s chewy, sticky, and soft. This one is filled with creamy coconut flavor.
Easy No Bake Hawaiian Pineapple Pie
This easy to make pie takes just 5 minutes of prep time and is then cooled for 4 hours. Serve it at your next casual gathering!
Hawaiian Banana Bread with Coconut and Pineapple
This recipe takes your regular banana bread and amps up the flavor with coconut and pineapple. Enjoy it with a hot cup of coffee or tea!
Chocolate Haupia Pie (Ted’s Bakery Copycat)
Haupia Pie is a popular Hawaiian dessert. This copycat recipe is full of chocolate and coconut flavors. Make it in the morning and let it chill in the fridge until it’s ready to enjoy as an after-dinner treat!
Copycat Guri Guri
This popular frozen treat is a mash-up of sherbet and soft serve ice cream! It has just 4 ingredients and couldn’t be easier to make. Give it a try!
Haupia Cake
This traditional Hawaiian dessert is filled with coconut flavor. There are quite a few steps but the instructions are easy to follow, and you’ll love the results!
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Upside down cakes are always a treat to eat. This one is made with boxed cake mix, pineapple slices and a few more ingredients. Serve it to guests at your next informal gathering!
Passion Fruit Ice Cream
Yellow passion fruit is found in abundance in Hawaii. If you can’t find fresh passion fruit at the grocery store, frozen will work just as well in this creamy ice cream.
Hawaiian Dream Cake
This luscious cake is made with boxed yellow cake mix and canned pineapple. It’s ready to enjoy in an hour, and would be perfectly served at a summer barbeque.
Hawaiian POG Recipe
POG is a popular Hawaiian drink that stands for passion, orange, and guava. It’s sweet, refreshing, and has just 65 calories in a 1-cup serving.
Coconut Macadamia Nut Bars
These sweet bars are the perfect blend of chewy and crunchy. Enjoy them with a cup of hot coffee or tea, or serve them with a scoop of ice cream for an amazing dessert!
Hawaiian Pineapple Poke Cake
This cake comes together easily with boxed cake, instant pudding, canned pineapple, and a handful of ingredients. It’s impressive enough to serve guests!
Brown Sugar Grilled Pineapple
If you love pineapple, this is the dish for you. Grilling the fruit brings out even more flavor. It would be great served with vanilla ice cream as a delicious dessert, or alongside ham or pork!
Hawaiian Cheesecake Bars
These tasty cheesecake bars take just 45 minutes to make. They’d be a great treat to tuck into a lunch bag, or enjoyed after a weeknight meal.
Instant Pot Kulolo
Kulolo is also known as taro pudding. It’s a traditional Hawaiian dessert that’s similar to fudge. Make it in your Instant Pot, let it cool overnight, and enjoy it the next day!
Hawaiian Ambrosia
This Hawaiian fruit salad is juicy, refreshing, and fun to eat! Your kids will love the shredded coconut and miniature marshmallows.
Rainbow Jello
This colorful dessert would be perfect for a child’s party. Grab your favorite Jello flavors, some unflavored gelatin, and a can of sweetened condensed milk, and you’re good to go!
17 Best Hawaiian Desserts (Butter Mochi Recipe and More)
Ingredients
- 2 cups Mochiko glutinous sweet rice flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 can 14-oz coconut cream, or canned coconut milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C), and line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper and set aside. (if double the recipe, you can use a 13*9-inch baking pan.)
- Beat the eggs, and then add vanilla and milk. Mix well.
- In a large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients: mochiko, sugar, and baking powder.
- Add the dry ingredients to the egg and milk mixture. Mix well.
- Add melted butter and coconut cream. Mix until the batter is completely smooth with no lumps.
- Pour the batter into the baking pan. Use a spatula to smooth the surface.
- Bake for 1 hour or until the cake turns golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and allow the mochi cake to cool to room temperature. Then use the parchment to lift the cake out of the pan.
- Use a sharp knife to cut into squares.
Nutrition information provided is an estimate only and will vary based on ingredient brands and cooking methods used.
