so i got to thinking about what my parents made as treats for us when we were kids here is some that we had (i'm gonna make for my kids to) what things did you have?

frosted graham crackers
graham crackers and dunked them in milk
pudding in a cloud(pudding in a nest of coolwhip)
cookies
vanilla wafers and banana pudding
pumpkin bars/banana bars ect.

My mom was queen of frugal. BIG treats for us when we were little:

The rare event of having soda pop outside of Christmas, Easter, or Tgiving.
Home-made popsicles made out of lemonade, OJ, or kool aid
Home-made fudgesicles made out of frozen jello pudding.
Home made baked goods.

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we had homemade popsicles too

homemade cookies

we never had chocolate in the house

peanut butter on a spoon, literally what it sounds like, eek!

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buttered bread *usually with sugar sprinkled on it*

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Jello Jigglers Cheap, cool and easy

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My mom made the BEST french fries! A true treat for us, as we rarely had them. There was no McDonalds in town until I was about 10.

I remember her frying them in her electric frying pan, putting them into a paper grocery bag w/salt and we all took turns shaking it.

Yum!

Fried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

I hate most fried things today, but these ones were great exceptions.

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it's kinda cool reading peoples responses...my Mom did alot of those...

the toast w/cinn/sugar
she made homemade french fries in a fry daddy
english muffin pizzas(when I was little after my bro/sister would fall asleep my Mom would let me sneak up and make me a lil pizza )
my Mom was also the popsicle queen!!!
she made no bake cookies,potato candy,buckeyes on the holidays...and yup..we too did the pb on a spoon!!

My mom used to make boiled custard for us. Maybe that is a Southern thing but oh it was so yummy. I bet I haven't had it in about 25 years! She also used to put a little peanut butter on a saltine and put a marshmallow on top of it and toast it in the toaster oven. The pb gets all warm and gooey and the marshmallow gets perfectly toasted and the whole thing is just so tasty. My kids love these! Also - she would core an apple and stuff it with peanut butter and raisins, and we liked peanut butter with honey on a rice cake. We made rice krispy treats and homemade popsicles a lot too. And homemade butterscotch pudding. Mmmmm.

One thing we loved that she still makes for us is little bitty cornmeal pancakes. They taste like really salty cornbread that gets all crispy on the edges. Love those!

Frosted Graham crackers? How are they made.
I had something like that when I was little heck I still have them today! I wonder if they are the same thing. I doubt it but Mayyyybe.
I also had edible playdough/clay
No bake cookies
Angel food Cake
Orange Sherbert
fruit pizza
and at christmas time we made about 14 treats for our holiday baking, We still do that every year!

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My mom although great baker, hated doing it so we never got a lot of homemade goodies. Sure she would bake a cake mix once in a while, but that was it.

Graham crackers with chocolate frosting
Nilla wafers
boxed pudding
cold cereal
toast or tortilla with butter, cinnamon and sugar
saltine crackers with grape jelly

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