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, Texas (KTRE) — Atkinson’s Candy Company has worked to be part of family traditions for 94 years. The company started during the Great Depression in Lufkin, where Eric Atkinson’s grandfather ...

LUFKIN ­­— Family-owned Atkinson Candy makes heritage sweets the old-fashioned way, with skilled confectioners mixing and folding peanut butter, toasted coconut and natural flavorings into pounds of ...

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 ...

As President Donald Trump tweets about the evils of imports, the AP tours Atkinson Candy Co., an 85-year-old confectioner that pays about double what its foreign competitors do for sugar.

There are much easier ways in the world to make a buck than manufacturing candy, the president of the Lufkin-based maker of the Chick-O-Stick said in a First Friday address to members of the ...

For more than nine decades, Lufkin’s hometown candy company has been serving up sweet confections to customers around the world. Atkinson Candy Company was founded in 1932 by B.E. and Mabel Atkinson ...

This May 17, 2017, photo shows a candy maker waiting for the next batch of candy to drop down onto his table at Atkinson Candy Company in Lufkin, Texas. (Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle via AP) 7 ...