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Crack Seed Center is an online store selling local Hawai'i snacks, and it has been serving these snacks since 1959. It is the place to go if you want crackseed, Li Hing Mui, Li Hing mango, rock salt plum, arare, or cuttlefish (Saki Ika) shipped as a taste of Hawai'i. The site is organized around a small set of snack categories, and most items are sold in multiple sizes with prices starting "from" a base amount.
What Crack Seed Center sells
The product mix centers on the sweet-salty-sour flavor profile that defines Hawai'i crack seed snacks. From the site's own descriptions:
- Plums / crack seed — dried plums seasoned with a blend of sweet, salty, and sour flavors, with a chewy texture.
- Arare — small, crunchy Japanese rice crackers made from glutinous rice, seasoned with soy sauce, sesame, or seaweed, often eaten with tea or in a snack mix.
- Li Hing gummy — gummies built around Li Hing Mui (dried plum powder), combining fruitiness with a savory, sour kick.
- Li Hing Mango (Wet) — mango in the same Li Hing style.
- Cuttlefish (Saki Ika), wasabi peas, and other "ono snacks" listed in the site's description.
Best sellers and starting prices
These are the items the site highlights as best sellers, with the listed starting prices:
| Product | Vendor | Starting price |
|---|---|---|
| Sweet Li Hing Mui | PLUM | From $6.00 |
| Jumbo Sweet Li Hing Mui | PLUM | From $6.50 |
| Seedless Li Hing Mui (White) | PLUM | From $7.50 |
| Seedless Li Hing Mui (Red) | PLUM | From $7.50 |
| Rock Salt Plum | PLUM | From $6.00 |
| Seedless Plum | PLUM | From $4.75 |
| Li Hing Mango (Wet) | Mango | From $4.00 |
| Cracked Seed | PLUM | From $5.50 |
"From" means the price varies by the size or option you choose, so the final cost depends on the selection you make on the product page.
How the store is organized
The catalog is grouped into categories rather than one long list:
- Plums — crack seed and plum snacks, including seedless and rock salt varieties.
- Arare — the rice cracker category.
- Li Hing Gummy — gummy candy in Li Hing flavors.
- More ono snacks — additional items such as Li Hing Mango and other local favorites.
Each product page uses a "Choose options" step, which is where you pick the size or variant before adding to cart.
Background and ordering notes
The store's tagline is "Serving up 'ono local Hawai'i snacks since 1959," and the homepage repeats the "over 60 years" framing. That history is the main thing distinguishing it from a generic candy shop — it positions itself as a long-running source for Hawai'i-style snacks rather than a general retailer.
A few practical points visible on the site:
- The cart shows an Estimated total and a Country/region field, so shipping destination is part of the checkout flow.
- An empty cart displays "Your cart is empty," so browsing and checkout are standard e-commerce steps.
- The site does not publish pricing beyond the product-level "from" prices shown above, so exact totals depend on the options and destination you enter.
If you already know you want Li Hing Mui or arare, start in that category and use "Choose options" to see the actual price for the size you want. If you are new to these snacks, the best-seller list is the quickest way to see what the store is known for.