Texas Highways Magazine

Mint to Be

he sweet smell of peppermint hits you the moment you walk through the front door of the little candy shop on West Hubbard Street in the East Texas town of Lindale. It’s a comforting, nostalgic scent patrons of Lindale Candy Company have enjoyed since the business was founded in 1946 by James “Candy Jim” and his wife, Ruby Withrow. In the hands of the store’s current owners, Jeremiah and Kaitlin Cagle, decadent chocolate aromas also tantalize

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