Here's how chocolate can make your sex life delicious AF

Chocolate has long been associated with all things sexy and romantic—a box of the sweet stuff is the ideal date night gift to profess your love and it has been used in multiple ways to add spice to sex sessions, like eating chocolate-coated strawberries as part of foreplay. 

Though chocolate is a popular aphrodisiac, it is important to note there’s no scientific evidence that it directly affects your sex life (you’re not going to become a sex-crazed goddess after eating a truffle!) but its many ingredients can lead to benefits that will inadvertently improve your performance in bed. 

One thing is for sure though—eating chocolate definitely makes us feel sexy and put us in a good mood. And when you share it with someone you love, it only adds to the excitement!

This World Chocolate Day, discover how chocolate can boost your sex routine, and how you can include it in your sessions.

Five ways chocolate can amp up your sex routine

It increases sensation and makes you more sensitive to touch

Chocolate has L-arginine, an amino acid that can enhance sensation and sensitivity during sex for both men and women. It works by increasing blood flow and directing nitric oxide to your erogenous zones, so every touch is heightened.

It improves your stamina

The L-arginine in dark chocolate is also known to lower blood pressure. It contains flavonol, too, which helps fight against free radicals that can cause cell damage. Combined, these two improve blood flow to your heart—meaning stronger stamina for multiple rounds in bed!

It gives you a burst of energy 

Have you ever eaten a bar of chocolate and felt energetic after it? It is thanks to theobromine, a substance found in chocolate that is a known stimulant and works the same way as caffeine.  So, if you’re looking for a quick pick-me-up before a sex session, you know what to reach out for in your pantry. 

It lifts your mood 

Ever wondered why chocolate is widely known as an aphrodisiac? It has mostly to do with PEA (phenylethylamine), a stimulant and mood elevator that is also called the ‘romance chemical’ for its effect of euphoria—which is similar to how you feel when you’re in love. So, if you feel extra attracted to your partner after eating chocolate, you now know why.

It could reduce stress—a mood killer during sex

You know when you’re stressed to the point that it becomes a buzz kill during sex? Turns out, chocolate can help with that, too. Eating dark chocolate over a prolonged period can also lead to lower levels of cortisol, which is known as the stress hormone. 

Creative ideas to include chocolate in your sex routine

If you’re looking for ways to use chocolate to spice up your sex sessions, look no further—go through these ideas!

Feed each other chocolate-covered strawberries

Let’s start with the most common trick in the book (looking at you, Gossip Girl). Get a pack of strawberries and dip them in melted chocolate or just buy them off a dessert shop. Proceed to feed each other as you seductively gaze into each other’s eyes. If this isn’t a recipe for sexy time, we don’t know what is. 

Indulge in a chocolate-y kiss

Eating a chocolate bar by yourself is fun, but eating a chocolate bar with your boo? Romantic. And downright sexy. Bite off a cube from a chocolate and then kiss your partner with the chocolate still in your mouth, and what will ensue is the hottest, most delicious kiss of your life, trust us. 

Lick chocolate sauce off each other’s bodies 

Take it one step further by pouring dollops of chocolate spread, sauce, or melted chocolate (make sure it’s not scalding hot!) on your partner’s body and licking it off, and then let them do the same for you. Trés sexy, we must say. 

Go on a chocolate treasure hunt

If you’re feeling extra adventurous, take things up a notch by bringing a blind fold and a treasure hunt into the mix. One of you gets blindfolded, while the other smears chocolate sauce on different parts of their body. The challenge is to find the chocolate through your clues, and lick it off. Yum!