EX-24.EXHIBIT 2 ex24hawkins.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

		I, Keenan A. Paulson, hereby authorize and designate each of Richard G. Erstad,
Steven C. Kennedy, W. Morgan Burns, Erik J. Romslo and Joshua L. Colburn, signing singly, as
my true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	execute for and on my behalf, in my capacity as an officer and/or director of
Hawkins, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder;

	(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on my behalf which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form ID, 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange or similar authority, and the National
Association of Securities Dealers; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be to my benefit, in my best interest, or legally
required of me, it being understood that the statements executed by such attorney-in-fact on my
behalf pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

		I hereby further grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do
and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as I
might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitutes or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights
and powers herein granted.  I hereby acknowledge that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at my request, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of my
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

		This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am no longer
required to file Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5 with respect to my holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by me in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such attorney-in-fact hereafter ceases to be
either an employee of the Company, or a partner or employee of Faegre & Benson LLP, this Power
of Attorney shall be automatically revoked solely as to such individual, immediately upon such
cessation, without any further action on my part.

		I hereby revoke all previous Powers of Attorney that have been granted by me in
connection with my reporting obligations under Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to my
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company.

		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have caused this Power of Attorney to be duly
executed as of this 13th day of April, 2011.


						/s/Keenan A. Paulson
						Keenan A. Paulson