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> It's sad that we can't give away homemade treats...
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> One of my fondest memories growing up was the day before
> trick/treating began. Mom & Dad invited a couple of friends (who knew
> how to make candy), bought a bushel or so of apples, cooked up a huge
> pot of red cinnamon candy. We kids would go looking for fallen
> branches; sharpen them to a point with a knife, they served as apple
> sticks. After dipping the apples were set on the greased kitchen
> table to cool. EVERY kid in the neighborhood made it a point to come
> by our house for that treat. We'd give away at least a hundred
> apples, for about what it would cost to buy a hundred candy bars.
> --
> Best -- Terry

I still give away homemade spice chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. They
are about 6 inches across and I label them with our name, address and phone
number. The number of kids that come to our neighbourhood has drastically
decreased in the last couple of years, but our friends have become so used
to getting the leftover cookies that I don't dare stop making them. This
year we only had five kids, so had lots to give out to adult
friends....Sharon in a small village in Canada