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Bubbies Homemade Ice Cream and Desserts is an ice cream manufacturer in Arizona. [1] [2] Started in 1985 in Honolulu, the production and office facilities are now located in Phoenix, Arizona. [3] [4] The company sells ice cream cakes and mochi ice cream in Hawaii as well as mainland USA and several other countries. [5] [6] Bubbies mochi ice cream was voted readers' pick by Honolulu [7] and has appeared on Oprah Winfrey's O list. [8] [9] Keith Robbins (aka Hawaii's Mr. Bubbie) the founder of Bubbies Homemade Ice Cream sold his business after 32 years. [10] In January 2020, Bubbies closed their last brick and mortar located at Hawaii Kai. [11]

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