Dried mealworms

I've run out of live (still hoping for delivery today), and got some dried as an emergency stop gap. Having soaked them, and cut them up into little pieces, birds don't seem interested in them at all? Anyone had luck with dried? At the moment she is taking fro the fat block and feeding the chicks with this - doesn't seem interested (capable?) of gathering "real" food at all. I hope I haven't conditioned them too much to my feeders..