"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 03/11/2010 10:36 AM, biig wrote:
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>> 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
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> When my son was young I used to make Halloween treats for the kids. I made
> things like caramel corn balls cookies or caramel apples. The only kids
> who came here were my neighbour's kids and my son's friends, maybe 5-6
> kids. The parents were with them, so they knew it was me. I was
> disappointed to learn that they were throwing the stuff out.
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>
Oh Dave....that hurts. I haven't gotten any feedback from the trick or
treaters recently, but from past experience, the kids came especially for
the cookies. At least I know our friends eat them. It would be awful if I
went to all that work for nothing since I don't bake otherwise.....Sharon