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Chocolate and sex aren’t exactly interchangeable, but, well, almost.

Sensually, chocolate smells, tastes and usually looks divine. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case with our special others. Let’s face it; it’s nice to have an ever reliable handy substitute. Oh sure, chocolate can’t comfort you when you’re feeling blue, can’t keep you company if you’re lonely…or can it?

On a clinical level, chocolate contains phenylethylamine, an amino acid considered to be an aphrodisiac, also released naturally in the body when one is in love. Other mood enhancing stimulants found in chocolate include dopamine, serotonin and Theo bromine.

Hmm…let’s do the math. What’s pricier; a couple of boxes of raisinettes each month, or a membership with an online dating service?

 

 

But can chocolates replace human interaction? Hmm…sometimes. I have often caught my ecstatic reflection in the foil unwrapped from a Belgian milk chocolate bar melting in my mouth, while I sang “No one loves me like you do, baby!” Great chocolate is simply irreplaceable. So it is with the romantic relationship of our lives. So, how do we evolve from here?

Not into a ménage-a-trois, but, a ménage-a-truffle! Warm, sweet chocolate being massaged into your lovers skin, dripping from their swollen lips…you get where I’m going with this? We can all get along sweetly, if we have enough towels!

Now that everybody’s satisfied, let’s keep it that way. If rocky patches are reached in relationships, may I suggest that you skip the therapist and take a long, hard, look at these juicy facts; Cocoa has been proven