We hear this question at least a couple times a day at BanyanTreats and our staff are grateful that we just posted a new sign on our menu board which describes the following: Three definitions and the correct pronunciation of mo'o: mo'o noun. | moh ' oh | 1. one [Read More]
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Len & Lisa’s Big Maui Adventure
Blog #1 Aloha, everyone! This is the official beginning of the BanyanTreats Blog. This first post will fill you in on our history... About three years ago my husband, Len, was perusing the “for sale: business” section of Maui Craigslist while we sat in our rented [Read More]
Welcome to BanyanTreats
BanyanTreats offers over 24 flavors of Maui’s own Roselani Ice Cream, 30 flavors of Hawaiian Shave Ice and 8 flavors of our freshly baked Honi Cookies. We are conveniently located on the corner of the Pioneer Inn, right next to Lahaina’s famous Banyan Tree and historic [Read More]
Aloha, New Year!
Soon it will be 2015, so Hau’oli Makahiki Hou! (pronounced how-oh-lay ma-ka-hee-key ho) And with the new year come the humpback whales! I was on one of the Banyan Tree's tallest branches yesterday and spotted them, blowing spray through their blowholes and showing their [Read More]
Have you heard? Our cookies are now HONI KUKIS!
In keeping with last year's name change to BanyanTreats, we have now re-named our delicious cookies. They are now called HONI KUKIS! Don't worry! Our Honi Kukis are every bit as yummy and, in some cases, even better! When you need a little taste of aloha from Hawai'i, order [Read More]
Hula Cookies are now HONI KUKIS —Kissed by Maui Sunshine!
In keeping with our name change from Hula Cookies to BanyanTreats last year, we have also re-named our cookies; they are now called HONI KUKIS! In Hawaiian, "honi" means "kiss," and "kuki" is the Hawaiian spelling of the word "cookie." We still use the same great recipes to [Read More]