I'm sure M&Ms aren't Free Trade or some such silliness. I wasn't impressed with these. They didn't look appealing, they tasted OK, but didn't make me very stupid at all. I still have a brownie and some hard candy to try. Plus I've had some really nice looking Fruity Pebbles treats that Bongo Boy made a year or so ago. He vacuum packed them and they've been in the freezer ever since.