Candy companies really do change their recipes for their iconic candies. Image: Anastasiia Krivenok / Getty Images

It’s candy—I mean, Halloween—season. But, I mean, let’s be real: The two are kind of interchangeable at this point. But have you ever bitten into your favorite candy bar only to think, “This really doesn’t taste the way it used to?”

Well, it turns out, you might be onto something. Candy companies really do sneakily change their recipes. Our taste buds also change as we get older. So what’s really going on here? Are candy companies changing their recipes or do we just taste things differently now? To find out, Popular Science ’s Ask Us Anything podcast took a deep dive into the surprisingly complicated science of candy.

Ask Us Anything answers your most outlandish, mind-burning questions—from the everyday things you’ve always wondered to the bizarre things you never thought to ask.…