This ain't much help for the North side, but the best candied fruits I have ever had are from
Houston Pecan Company on Ashcroft Street in - wait for it - Houston.
Google 'em. They ship nationwide. Their nuts are superb, too - especially the pecans (suprise!) They always sell this year's crop only.
Just as an aside, the company was founded not long after WWII by a young Jewish refugee who came over from Europe shortly after the end of the war. How'd he make it?
...He was on Schindler's List.
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