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Isle families instrumental in popularizing chocolate-covered macadamia nuts held a reunion of sorts Friday when ancestors of John Dye toured the Hawaiian Host factory founded by Mamoru and Aiko Takitani in January 1960. Ahmad C.K. Yu, far right, director of quality and innovation, led the tour of the plant, which grew from the purchase of Ellen Dye Candies in Kaimuki. A conveyor belt carried nuts about to be covered in chocolate.

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Fecanin held up a photo of her grandfather, taken at the shop in 1931. After the sale, Aiko Takitani delivered the treats to stores in her station wagon.

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Peter Dye, Lee Takagi, Patty Fecanin and Carole Dye Valant, descendants of John Dye, sampled some Hawaiian Host chocolate. The Dye family began making candy in 1927 at the Alexander Young Building.