**Exploring Hawaiian Treats and Drinks**

I recently had the opportunity to try some delicious Hawaiian treats and drinks, thanks to my son's gift. He packed a variety of snacks from his travels to Hawaii, and I was excited to sample them.

One of the first things I tried was a ball of shredded coconut, similar to what you'd find in an Almond Joy or Mounds bar. It had a sweet flavor, but it was really just a ball of coconut held together with something sticky - possibly corn syrup or other ingredients. The texture was soft and chunky, with a strong fishy smell that I found quite enjoyable.

As I continued to explore the snacks, I came across dried squid, known as "ika" in Japanese. It had a beautiful shredded texture and a strong, briny flavor that reminded me of seafood jerky. The taste was intense, with notes of saltiness and sweetness, and it was a great road trip snack.

Next, I tried some Chinese-influenced candies called "Leahing", which were flavored with spices and used on preserved fruits or dried fruits. Unfortunately, the flavor was too strong for me - it was very salty and tart, making my eyes water. However, the dried plum itself was tart and had a distinct Leahing flavor.

I also encountered some Gummy Bears coated in red powder, which were much sweeter than the other candies I'd tried. They tasted like traditional gummy bears, but with a Hawaiian twist.

A drink that caught my eye was black tea with milk and sugar, similar to Lipton's iced tea. However, this one was made with whole milk and had a unique, creamy texture. It wasn't my favorite, but it was definitely an interesting take on traditional iced tea.

One of the most exciting drinks I tried was a Kona coffee caramel macadamia nut milk chocolate bar. The caramel was infused with a strong coffee flavor, making it a unique twist on traditional caramel and nuts. The texture was soft and chewy, with a mix of crunchy pecans and smooth chocolate.

Finally, I came across a milk chocolate covered caramel treat called Cara Mac, which had a shell of milk chocolate and a generous helping of gooey caramel inside. It was like a Hawaiian spin on the classic turtle candy, and it was delicious - although I think I prefer the coffee-flavored macadamia nut bar.

Overall, I was impressed by the variety of snacks and drinks that my son brought back from his travels to Hawaii. Each one had its own unique flavor and texture, and they all showcased the island's rich cultural heritage.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi lovelies it's emmy and i am back to eat more viewer scent treats from a place and this time it was hawaii yay so this package was sent to me by avery thank you avery so much for sending me this package avery is a viewer from hawaii and she's eight years old she and her mama put this package together for me so thank you guys so much so very sweet and thoughtful of you guys to put this together for me they sent me a picture but i'm not going to show it i'm talking here i'm talking because of its geography and history hawaii has its own unique culture and food so let's go ahead and eat it hawaiian sun luau punch and look at that color it's a vivid bright red color and it smells a bit like hawaiian punch have you ever had hawaiian punch smells a little bit like tropical so let's try it kampai um oh that's good it's fruity and tropical tasting i think the flavor that reminds me of hawaiian punch and such in here is guava i think it tastes like guava nectar it's good hawaiian chip company sweet potato and taro chips let's see el salvador i had some tower trips and plantain chips and i had them also in indonesia i believe so taro i think is a tropical plant it's a tuber hmm i like tarot chips they have a different type of crunch than a potato chip more of kind of a brittle crunch and a different flavor a starchier flavor very good and a slight sweetness this i think is very unique of hawaii this purple potato i believe it's a sweet potato but it's purple isn't it gorgeous look at that color it almost looks like a beet mmm it actually has a quite similar crunch to the taro different flavor though a little bit sweeter i think this is something that typifies hawaii so they're chocolates with macadamia nuts here's the chocolate it smells great like milk chocolate it's a little harder than i expected it to be i thought it might be cream filled or something in the middle just based on its appearance but it's actually just like a nut cluster yummy it's hawaiian hurricane popcorn but it requires a microwave and i don't have a microwave i we don't have one in my house so i'll have to do a follow-up to this maybe we can go to my mother-in-law's we go visit grammy i'll make this and then film it as a follow-up sorry i really want to try it it looks so good monoloa maui onion and garlic macadamia these are the halves so if you put two of them together they look something like this it's a round nut they come in a beautiful brown round shell oh yes so good they have a nice soft crunch and a lovely richness the seasoning they have on here there's little green flecks it's like a sweet sour cream and onion a little bit garlicky fantastic this is aloha made natural apple iced tea smells very aptly hmm it's good but that's really refreshing i like that a lot it tastes like apple cider but not as concentrated red coconut balls and oh look at this can you see them they're kind of sparkly with like a red sugar on them and they smell like desiccated coconut here we go huh wow mmm those are good see how chewy and soft they are it almost has the texture of a gummy it's very chewy but as you chew it you can feel the dusticated coconut in there it's kind of you know the feel of shredded coconut like in an almond joy or mounds and it's quite sweet but it's really just a ball of coconut held together with something sticky maybe corn syrup or something rocky soft cuttlefish so this you see a lot in japan actually it's called squid so you see a lot of um i think it's called the actual ika just means squid but i think it's the dried squid has a really great texture really shredded it's beautiful and a very strong fishy smell which i quite enjoy so here we go you can shred it i used to love eating this as a kid i'm trying to shred the smallest pieces if you've never had this before think of like a seafood jerky like beef jerky it has that kind of shredded dried chewy texture but with the flavor of the sea it's very briny quite salty a little bit sweet and tastes like the ocean it might be a little bit strong for some people it's a really great road trip snack love it look and it's so fun to play with yum made by cam seeds hawaiians this is a chinese influence candy i believe leahing is a flavor combination of spices i'm not sure what that's often used on preserved fruits or dried fruits muy i believe is chinese for plum so that's what it looks like a dried up looks like a dried up football but it's a plum here we go wow very strong very salty wow that is saltier than i've ever had before wow it's making my eyes water did i eat that correctly that was really really salty maybe i was supposed to eat a little bit at the time very very very very salty and tart the dried plum itself is tart and it has that leahing flavor i don't think i like these i'm glad to try them jade leahey gummy bears made in hawaii oh it smells just smells like gummy bears look up close mr gummy bear coated in this red powder so let's try it here we go much better than the other one still salty has a salty a little bit that kind of not really spice but much much much subtler than the other predominant flavor in these is gummy bear look it's milk tea hmm and it's black tea that's been sweetened and has a bit of milk in it it's good you know what it reminds me of reminds me of boba if you get like boba and black tea that's what it tastes like another wine host but this one's dark chocolate yes a little bit different shape the other one is more like a football this one's more like a soccer ball so good just dark chocolate whole macadamia nap nothing else really good another hawaiian sun and this time it's just natural iced tea that tastes like lipton's yeah lipton's iced tea has a slight lemon kind of scent and it's sweetened it's not my favorite but it's not bad ona carmax so kona coffee is legendary and this i believe is supposed to have some coffee caramel in there let's try it here we go that's really unique caramel in there and there's a little bit of macadamia nuts on the outside milk chocolate the caramel is really different it's heavily infused with coffee so it's a coffee caramel it's delicious sweet soft and chewy a bit like a turtle ever had a turtle milk chocolate covered caramel with pecans or pecans similar but this is like a hawaiian spin on it this is another one cara mac looks very similar to the kona caramel here we go let's try it you can see the cross section better on that one lots of macadamia nuts soft chewy caramel not oozy goosey just a little bit soft and chewy and a shell of milk chocolate i think for the sake of what hawaii represents i think i like the coffee one a little bit better i think it's a bit of a more unique flavor both of them are delicious though i mean it's hard to go wrong with chocolate and caramel and macadamia nuts right thank you avery and mama so much for sending me this little piece of hawaii i really enjoyed eating all these little hawaiian treats and and definitely tried some new things and the drinks were a lot of fun too thank you for including those in the package they're really heavy and yeah thank you guys so much for watching and i hope you guys enjoy that and learn something and i'll see you in my next video cheers bye i got this from my son all right gotta love japanese pop-up books but this one is his favorite oh cute cute cute little monkeys right check this out there's a surprise monkey right oh i'm so surprised there's a sleeping monkey oh i'm sleeping there's a monkey up there i'm eating an apple but look at this monkey he's flashing you his whathi lovelies it's emmy and i am back to eat more viewer scent treats from a place and this time it was hawaii yay so this package was sent to me by avery thank you avery so much for sending me this package avery is a viewer from hawaii and she's eight years old she and her mama put this package together for me so thank you guys so much so very sweet and thoughtful of you guys to put this together for me they sent me a picture but i'm not going to show it i'm talking here i'm talking because of its geography and history hawaii has its own unique culture and food so let's go ahead and eat it hawaiian sun luau punch and look at that color it's a vivid bright red color and it smells a bit like hawaiian punch have you ever had hawaiian punch smells a little bit like tropical so let's try it kampai um oh that's good it's fruity and tropical tasting i think the flavor that reminds me of hawaiian punch and such in here is guava i think it tastes like guava nectar it's good hawaiian chip company sweet potato and taro chips let's see el salvador i had some tower trips and plantain chips and i had them also in indonesia i believe so taro i think is a tropical plant it's a tuber hmm i like tarot chips they have a different type of crunch than a potato chip more of kind of a brittle crunch and a different flavor a starchier flavor very good and a slight sweetness this i think is very unique of hawaii this purple potato i believe it's a sweet potato but it's purple isn't it gorgeous look at that color it almost looks like a beet mmm it actually has a quite similar crunch to the taro different flavor though a little bit sweeter i think this is something that typifies hawaii so they're chocolates with macadamia nuts here's the chocolate it smells great like milk chocolate it's a little harder than i expected it to be i thought it might be cream filled or something in the middle just based on its appearance but it's actually just like a nut cluster yummy it's hawaiian hurricane popcorn but it requires a microwave and i don't have a microwave i we don't have one in my house so i'll have to do a follow-up to this maybe we can go to my mother-in-law's we go visit grammy i'll make this and then film it as a follow-up sorry i really want to try it it looks so good monoloa maui onion and garlic macadamia these are the halves so if you put two of them together they look something like this it's a round nut they come in a beautiful brown round shell oh yes so good they have a nice soft crunch and a lovely richness the seasoning they have on here there's little green flecks it's like a sweet sour cream and onion a little bit garlicky fantastic this is aloha made natural apple iced tea smells very aptly hmm it's good but that's really refreshing i like that a lot it tastes like apple cider but not as concentrated red coconut balls and oh look at this can you see them they're kind of sparkly with like a red sugar on them and they smell like desiccated coconut here we go huh wow mmm those are good see how chewy and soft they are it almost has the texture of a gummy it's very chewy but as you chew it you can feel the dusticated coconut in there it's kind of you know the feel of shredded coconut like in an almond joy or mounds and it's quite sweet but it's really just a ball of coconut held together with something sticky maybe corn syrup or something rocky soft cuttlefish so this you see a lot in japan actually it's called squid so you see a lot of um i think it's called the actual ika just means squid but i think it's the dried squid has a really great texture really shredded it's beautiful and a very strong fishy smell which i quite enjoy so here we go you can shred it i used to love eating this as a kid i'm trying to shred the smallest pieces if you've never had this before think of like a seafood jerky like beef jerky it has that kind of shredded dried chewy texture but with the flavor of the sea it's very briny quite salty a little bit sweet and tastes like the ocean it might be a little bit strong for some people it's a really great road trip snack love it look and it's so fun to play with yum made by cam seeds hawaiians this is a chinese influence candy i believe leahing is a flavor combination of spices i'm not sure what that's often used on preserved fruits or dried fruits muy i believe is chinese for plum so that's what it looks like a dried up looks like a dried up football but it's a plum here we go wow very strong very salty wow that is saltier than i've ever had before wow it's making my eyes water did i eat that correctly that was really really salty maybe i was supposed to eat a little bit at the time very very very very salty and tart the dried plum itself is tart and it has that leahing flavor i don't think i like these i'm glad to try them jade leahey gummy bears made in hawaii oh it smells just smells like gummy bears look up close mr gummy bear coated in this red powder so let's try it here we go much better than the other one still salty has a salty a little bit that kind of not really spice but much much much subtler than the other predominant flavor in these is gummy bear look it's milk tea hmm and it's black tea that's been sweetened and has a bit of milk in it it's good you know what it reminds me of reminds me of boba if you get like boba and black tea that's what it tastes like another wine host but this one's dark chocolate yes a little bit different shape the other one is more like a football this one's more like a soccer ball so good just dark chocolate whole macadamia nap nothing else really good another hawaiian sun and this time it's just natural iced tea that tastes like lipton's yeah lipton's iced tea has a slight lemon kind of scent and it's sweetened it's not my favorite but it's not bad ona carmax so kona coffee is legendary and this i believe is supposed to have some coffee caramel in there let's try it here we go that's really unique caramel in there and there's a little bit of macadamia nuts on the outside milk chocolate the caramel is really different it's heavily infused with coffee so it's a coffee caramel it's delicious sweet soft and chewy a bit like a turtle ever had a turtle milk chocolate covered caramel with pecans or pecans similar but this is like a hawaiian spin on it this is another one cara mac looks very similar to the kona caramel here we go let's try it you can see the cross section better on that one lots of macadamia nuts soft chewy caramel not oozy goosey just a little bit soft and chewy and a shell of milk chocolate i think for the sake of what hawaii represents i think i like the coffee one a little bit better i think it's a bit of a more unique flavor both of them are delicious though i mean it's hard to go wrong with chocolate and caramel and macadamia nuts right thank you avery and mama so much for sending me this little piece of hawaii i really enjoyed eating all these little hawaiian treats and and definitely tried some new things and the drinks were a lot of fun too thank you for including those in the package they're really heavy and yeah thank you guys so much for watching and i hope you guys enjoy that and learn something and i'll see you in my next video cheers bye i got this from my son all right gotta love japanese pop-up books but this one is his favorite oh cute cute cute little monkeys right check this out there's a surprise monkey right oh i'm so surprised there's a sleeping monkey oh i'm sleeping there's a monkey up there i'm eating an apple but look at this monkey he's flashing you his what\n"