Chikka Chikka Shop at Madeline's
Chikka Chikka is a maple-roasted fennel seed digestive made in small batches in New York's Hudson Valley. The brand is the flagship of I Can Has More, founded in 2024 by the husband-and-wife team Arif Khan and Sabeen Hasan, both first-generation South Asian-Americans who previously ran a Hudson Valley restaurant for seven years. The product is a modern take on mukhwas, the traditional Indian after-meal seed mix served to freshen the breath and round off a meal.
The base is the same across the line: fennel seeds and split coriander roasted with organic maple syrup and a touch of salt, then flavored three ways. Cinnamon uses warm Ceylon cinnamon with a little beet powder for color, cardamom is fragrant and aromatic, and mint is cool peppermint tinted green with spirulina. A small spoonful after a meal freshens the breath, but the blend also works steeped as a fennel tea or sprinkled over yogurt, oatmeal, and salads.
The packaging tells part of the story too. Chikka Chikka is made with two Hudson Valley partners, one a non-profit that employs veterans and people with disabilities, the other a local bean-to-bar chocolate maker. It comes in pocket-sized 1 oz reusable tins and 8 oz refill pouches, and after customers fell for the floral artwork on the tins, the makers had those patterns hand-block-printed onto cotton dinner napkins in Jaipur, India.
Chikka Chikka Shop products at Madeline's
Every item below is live and in stock at Madeline's. Click any product to see full details, sizes, and ordering.
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Cinnamon Chikka Chikka, 1 oz Reusable Tin ($8). Maple-roasted fennel and coriander with warm Ceylon cinnamon and a touch of beet powder, in a pocket-sized refillable tin.
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Cardamom Chikka Chikka, 1 oz Reusable Tin ($8). The same maple-roasted fennel base with fragrant ground cardamom, aromatic and lightly sweet.
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Mint Chikka Chikka, 1 oz Reusable Tin ($8). Maple-roasted fennel with cool peppermint oil and a touch of spirulina for a green tint, refreshing after a meal.
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Three-Pack of 1 oz Reusable Tins ($22). One tin each of cardamom, cinnamon, and mint, a good way to try all three varieties.
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Cinnamon Chikka Chikka, 8 oz Refill ($23). A larger 8 oz package of the cinnamon blend to refill the reusable tins.
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Cardamom Chikka Chikka, 8 oz Refill Pouch ($23). An 8 oz refill pouch of the aromatic cardamom blend.
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Mint Chikka Chikka, 8 oz Refill Pouch ($23). An 8 oz refill pouch of the cool peppermint blend.
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Block Printed Cloth Dinner Napkins, Cinnamon Red (Set of 4) ($39.99). A set of four pure cotton napkins hand-block-printed in Jaipur, India, with Chikka Chikka's signature floral designs. Machine washable, 18 by 18 inches.
Frequently asked questions
Where can I buy Chikka Chikka?
You can buy Chikka Chikka online at Madeline's (madelines.co), which carries the maple-roasted fennel seed digestive in cinnamon, cardamom, and mint, in reusable tins and refill pouches, plus the brand's block-printed cotton napkins. The products listed above are live and in stock.
What is Chikka Chikka?
Chikka Chikka is a maple-roasted fennel seed digestive made in small batches in the Hudson Valley of New York, inspired by mukhwas, the traditional Indian after-meal seed mix. It is made with fennel seeds, split coriander, organic maple syrup, and salt, flavored as cinnamon, cardamom, or mint.
How do you use it?
Take a small spoonful after a meal as a breath freshener, or steep it in hot water for a fennel tea. It also works as a crunchy topping for yogurt, oatmeal, and salads. The 1 oz tins are refillable from the 8 oz pouches.
What is the difference between the varieties?
All three share the maple-roasted fennel and coriander base. Cinnamon is warm and maple-forward with Ceylon cinnamon, cardamom is fragrant and aromatic, and mint is cool and refreshing with peppermint oil. The three-pack includes one tin of each.