I remember the ones that you had to break apart from when I was a kid. The modern ones are all cast so that there's nothing to break apart; you just grab a little slice of the sphere.

There used to be two main brands. But you can only seen to find Terry's now. They were not the good brand. It's sad really

or my tastes have changed, because the ones I have tried in the past few years just aren’t good.

chances are that as you get older, your taste changes. i liked lots of sweets when i was younger and now i just can't stand them anymore.

also yeah, recipes have changed as well. factories want to make their food "healthier" so it appeals to the consumer who tries to watch their diet and as a consequence they often use less artificial flavors (i actually don't have a data source on that, it's just my personal impression/observation). like everything used to be chock-full of artificial flavors in the mid 20th century, and now they're not so much anymore.

It had fucking better.

British food Is not a race, just terrible food nobody should have ever come up with.

British isn't a race, it's a rationality. And as a Brit, British food is horrible, including fish and chips.

As a Brit I often joke "if you can communicate cleanly with the people making the food, you're ordering food from the wrong place"

I said it's infamous for being terrible, i.e. a factual statement about its reputation. I never said that it is terrible because I haven't really had any.

Also, you're trying to be holier-than-thou over a comment about an Empire that opressed half the world up until around 70 years ago? One that continues to idolize "the good old days"? Learn to pick your battles.

Ah yes, we should be livid about OP's post and despise all confections because of the system we live in. How dare anyone ever enjoy chocolate?!

Touch grass.