Exhibit 5.1

[LETTERHEAD OF HAWKINS, INC.]

March 11, 2011

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F. Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:		Hawkins, Inc.
		Employee Stock Purchase Plan
		Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In my capacity as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Hawkins, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), I am acting as counsel in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Registration Statement”) relating to the offering of 300,000 shares of common stock of the Company, $.05 par value per share (the “Shares”), being registered for the first time pursuant to the Hawkins, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”). I have examined such corporate records and other documents, including the Registration Statement, and have reviewed such matters of law as I have deemed relevant hereto.

     Based upon such examination and review, I advise you that, in my opinion, all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company has been taken to authorize the issuance and sale of the Shares and that, when issued and sold as contemplated in the Plan, the Shares will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable under the current laws of the State of Minnesota

     I am admitted to the practice of law in the State of Minnesota and the foregoing opinions are limited to the laws of that state and the federal laws of the United States of America.

     I consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, I do not admit that I am “expert” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.