primitives discuss home-made treats for Halloween

[Aristotelian]

It's all a part of making kids frightened, all the time, so the government can take care of them.

Absolutely. Destroy ideas of community so that the only body which is benign is the government (which in reality is about as malign as they come).

[Fourwinds]

I remember reading a story somewhere on how the hooplah really took off. Apparently some creep of a father poisoned his own kid's candy with strychnine for insurance money.

[BannedFromDU]

I remember reading a story somewhere on how the hooplah really took off. Apparently some creep of a father poisoned his own kid's candy with strychnine for insurance money.

     Happened near Houston in the mid-70's. Dad poisoned his kids' PixiStix. Sick bastard ruined it for everyone, although even before that there were urban legends of razor blades
and glass in candy.

[landofconfusion80]

     Happened near Houston in the mid-70's. Dad poisoned his kids' PixiStix. Sick bastard ruined it for everyone, although even before that there were urban legends of razor blades
and glass in candy.

I believe there was a recall of some kind or another in the 80s over Smarties having glass in them from the factory.

[miskie]

Trunk or Treat is, in my experience, about making sure that kids are safe and about reducing the amount of walking that little kids have to do in rural areas.  If he/she really wants to make halloween cupcakes, trunk or treat would actually be one of the few places where they might be accepted, assuming that he/she actually knows a few people who attend the church. 

We do both - and the church has no problem with the usual array of costumes, nor is it particularly religious, save for a blessing before the kids hit the parking lot.

Between trunk/trick or treat I'd say we give out candy to between 300 and 400 kids. After the kids hit the cars, the church has a party in the rec center with baked goods and assorted drinks. That would be the place to bring the cupcakes.