J.W.
Well just for research I grabbed one out of my kids bag. Nope, taste the same as last year. Maybe yours are stale.
Just in case it comes up tonight I am going to have a tootsie roll next. :)
Just an FYI the tootsie rolls are fine as well.
Smarties passed with flying colors. I am waiting for the second kid to return to widen my sample. :p