Halloween isn't a huge deal over here but we do occasionally get trick or treaters. As we have a ferocious guard dog I was going to do a similar thing to you last year where I just put a bowl of candy on the gate so that anyone passing could grab some without having to brave the terrifying beasts, but got talked out of it by the outlaws saying that the hooligans in the neighbourhood would take the lot and besides which people would probably think it was poisoned because free candy is suspicious.

Apparently I don't have a suspicious enough mind to think about this sort of thing XD

If you've previously mentioned why you weren't doing the Halloween parties this year I've already forgotten :S (I'm guessing you may have said something in the pecan pie post? XD)