I don't know if it is intentional or a bug that needs to be worked out but we used to be able to complete this quest from already having the snacks, buying them, or moving them from the shared bank.
I always keep these snacks in the shared bank in anticipation for this quest. When my baby toon hit Celestia, I got this quest, thought I already had the snacks for it but I did not get credit, and moved them to the backpack from the shared bank. It still does not give me credit for the quest. I have begun actually farming for the snacks; I get credit when the snack is dropped by a mob.
My question is: is this the new norm or is it some sort of accident or bug that needs to be worked out? Has anyone else experienced this? Is this like a known thing now and I'm just now finding out about it (lol)?