Malasadas seem to be the “it” dessert, offered on the menus of Eating House 1849 and Stripsteak.

They are also among the treats prepared by Gayla Young and her crew over at the newly opened Pipeline Bakeshop & Creamery in Kaimuki, home to housemade ice cream and pastries and energy bars baked from scratch.

Young said she spent a year perfecting her malasada recipe, and its texture fresh out of the oil is amazing, with a crisp shell and an airy, pillowy and slightly salty center.

Classic white sugar-coated malasadas are $1. Add 10 cents more for li hing sugar, 20 cents for cocoa, and 30 cents for coffee flavor.

Other items on the menu include blueberry cream cheese and cherry cream cheese scones ($3.50 each), wicked triple chocolate brownies ($3.25 each) and cake bombs ($3.25 each) in flavors such as blueberry, lemon, matcha green tea, chocolate hazelnut and coconut. Back at the office, people who claimed not to like coconut loved the coconut bomb.

Pipeline Bakery & Cafe is at 3632 Waialae Ave. (across from Coffee Talk). Open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesdays to Saturdays, and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays. Call 738-8200.