[mgkimsal]

I've never had a 'negative' reaction - the receptionist who saw me at the milk/cookies interview didnt know what to do with me, so she took the milk to the break area, but that was it.

A small tray of cookies (milk's too hard to do) or popcorn (we have palsiespopcorn.com right near the house - easy to pick up), I've found, is generally a nice icebreaker, especially if you have an afternoon interview.

I've also found these to be a really nice thing to bring to new consulting projects for kickoff meetings - few people ever turn down a piece of fudge :) I don't do it all the time, but enough to keep people happy.