Atkinson Candy Company was started in 1932, during the Great Depression, when B.E. and Mabel Atkinson needed to find a way to support their family. “He got into the candy and tobacco wholesaling ...

LUFKIN - On a busy highway heading into this industrial East Texas town, a candy factory stands next to a chicken processing plant that sometimes wafts the smell of bird guts across the parking lot ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Atkinson Candy has updated Chick-O-Stick. The crunchy candy will now be made with simple ingredients and without artificial colors or flavors. Since their inception in the early ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Atkinson Candy Co. prides itself on the distinctive taste of its Chick-O-Stick, a sweet, salty confection made from peanut ...

The Atkinson Candy Co. prides itself on the distinctive taste of its Chick-O-Stick, a sweet, salty confection made from peanut butter and toasted coconut, with a crunchy outer shell. The first thing ...

Lufkin's Atkinson Candy Company has opened its retail outlet -- The Candy Kitchen, which will function right out of the factory. The store was born because of the "legions of people" who came in and ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Atkinson Candy Company is celebrating 90 years of business in Lufkin. The company first opened its doors in 1932 with B.E. and Mable Atkinson starting the business early in the ...

If Christmas had a flavor, it would taste like peppermint. Candy canes adorn Christmas trees and stockings around the world during the holiday season. Stores and restaurants sell peppermint flavored ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Atkinson Candy Company first introduced the coconut-covered, peanut-flavored honeycomb candy stick sometime in the 1930s, ...

The Atkinson Candy Company prides itself on the distinctive taste of its Chick-O-Stick, a sweet, salty confection made from peanut butter and toasted coconut, with a crunchy outer shell. The first ...