Cravings: Holiday treats available at Tropilicious Ice Cream & Sorbet

Tropilicious Ice Cream & Sorbet has come out with a new white chocolate and pumpkin ice cream in time for Thanksgiving, and for Christmas will debut a white chocolate and candy cane flavor.

Tropilicious sells cups and cones for $3.99 from its Kalihi shop, pints for $5.29, and a variety of sundaes, shakes and smoothies.

For Thanksgiving, a 10-inch pumpkin ice cream pie, with a coconut graham cracker crust, goes for $30; orders must be taken by Friday, for pickup the following week. Ask for chopped macadamia nuts if you’d like to sprinkle them on the pie — they’re not made part of the pie in consideration of nut allergies, said manager Aiko Tanaka.

A candy-cane pie, made with crushed candy canes, will be available after Thanksgiving for the same price. Regular flavor pies offered year-round include rum-raisin, spumoni and mud pie, and usually go for $45.

Tropilicious pints — from the signature Haupialani to Kona coffee, azuki bean, black sesame and miso-mochi — are sold at Times Supermarkets and Japanese retailers, including Don Quijote and Marukai Wholesale Mart.

The Tropilicious shop is at 439 Kalihi St., open 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Call 847-1750 or visit tropilicioushawaii.com.

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Pat Gee, Star-Advertiser

Kaka‘ako Farmers Market on the move

Amid all the dramatic changes in Kakaako, one thing remains constant: the popular FarmLovers Kaka‘ako Farmers Market.

The market has traveled a bit within the Ward area over the years but returns at 8 a.m. Saturday to a favored location — the old Ward Warehouse site at Ala Moana Boulevard and Ward Avenue.

The now-open corner, visible from the street, is even better suited to a farmers market, and owner Pamela Boyer now expects to draw more tourists as well as local customers and area residents. Another bonus: Parking is plentiful.

The market, which runs until noon, will continue to feature some 50 vendors that sell exclusively Hawaii products. Opening-day festivities will include a beer tasting with Ola Brew Co., live music and a giveaway of more than 500 FarmLovers reusable bags and other swag. On sale will be farm-fresh produce, prepared food and fresh local meats including beef, lamb, venison, pork, boar and fish, plus artisan-crafted wares. Boyer hopes to eventually offer a weekly yoga class as well.

Boyer is now going it solo; her longtime business partner, Annie Suite, moved to the mainland to be near family. Boyer said she’ll continue to explore new ideas for her markets (also at Waimea Valley on Thursdays, Pearlridge Center on Saturdays, Kailua Elementary on Sundays), and she’s planning to open a Wednesday market at the Kakaako site in March.

Her mission remains to create a business incubator for small farmers, food manufacturers and artisans that cultivates economic growth, community health and cultural awareness.

“There’s a movement of young farmers growing sustainable food, and I want to support them,” she said. “Farmers markets are pop-up distribution centers. The money goes directly to the farmers and vendors, which means money stays in Hawaii. For every dollar spent at a farmers market, $3 are spent in outlying areas. Farmers markets enhance the local economy.”

Boyer said prices are competitive with supermarkets, and dollars spent at a farmers market go a long way.

“Products last longer because they’re so fresh. They’re usually picked the day of market or a day before, and they’re handled just one or two times, by the farmer who puts them on the table to sell.”

For details on each market, visit farmloversmarkets.com.

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Joleen Oshiro, Star-Advertiser