Use to work for City of Corsicana, which is just southwest of Malakoff on Hwy 31.
Check out Collin Street Bakery. Their a local bakery that does actually tasty fruitcake. Tons of celebrities, including Presidents and Astronauts, have eaten their fruit cake. Two locations in Corsicana. The downtown one might close around 5pm, but there is one off I45 open later.
Brick Street Brewery opened after I left, but I helped on their parking lot design. They're in downtown Corsicana. Neat little downtown, but similar to any other slowly dying rural town. Wolf Chili is from Corsicana. There's a statue to take a look at.
If you go back to DFW Airport on Hwy 287, you can hit Waxahachie. There's two breweries there, but I've only tried Railport Brewery.
Outside of drinking and eating, not much else to think of. I've driven up and down I45 in that area and nothing significant to mention.
If my house and property were finished, I would have invited you over to Waxahachie to shoot some and maybe have a beer.