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And a survey by the cruise line found that 53 per cent of all Americans - including men - crave chocolate in exactly the same way.  It also discovered that 49 per cent of adults considered

chocolate the number one aphrodisiac, although 61 per cent said they just like chocolate as a "pick-me-up" at any time of the day.  Advertisement And 82 per cent of men agree they

like chocolate just as much as women do - which is why chocolate is so popular as a special treat on cruise holidays.  GETTY 49 per cent of adults considered chocolate the number one

aphrodisiac RELATED ARTICLES Express.co.uk has discovered five of the best - and here they are:  PRINCESS CRUISES  Chocolatier Norman Love has designed decadent hand-crafted treats for the

cruise line's Chocolate Journeys programme.  The new fleet-wide 24-hour International Cafe has chocolate specialities including Milk Chocolate Mousse Caramel and Milk Chocolate

Chantilly Eclairs, while each ship's Vines wine bar has premium chocolate and wine tasting.  The chocolate drink menu includes chocolate chili margarita and chocolate salted caramel rum

shake.  Advertisement And there are even chocolate spa treatments at Lotus Spa, where the anti-oxidant chocolate body treatments are absolutely delicious.  GETTY Chocolatier Norman Love has

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CRUISES  Chocolate is taken so seriously on Costa Cruises ships that they have designated chocolate bars where you can drink dessert wine, liqueurs or your favourite tipple in a glass made

of chocolate if you don't fancy hot chocolate.  There's a chocolate fountain for dipping strawberries in, special chocolate pralines and of course all sorts of chocolate cake. 

Oceania Cruises: Long regarded as one of the best cruise lines for outstanding cuisine, master pastry chef Christophe Menard has created some of the most tempting chocolate desserts at sea,

using the world's best chocolate from Tanzania, Venezuela and Papua New Guinea. These include the Tanzanian Chocolate Cake with Molten Caramel - a rich chocolate cake drenched in

caramel and served with vanilla ice cream topped with a disc of Tanzanian chocolate (75 per cent cacao).  Menard has also created Yuzu and Venezuelan Chocolate Moose with Hazelnut Croquant

and Papuan Chocolate Volcano with Passion Fruit Heart and Caramel Lava.  Oceania Cruises was the first cruise line to feature a culinary centre and hands-on cookery lessons, and it also

offers Culinary Discover Tours excursions.  > 82 per cent of men agree they like chocolate just as much as women > do P&O CRUISES  Once a week on P&O ships, passengers queue up

to take their pick from the all-chocolate buffet.  It's an afternoon tea like no other, with a large chocolate fountain at its centre and tables piled with everything from chocolate

chocolate eclairs and lollipops to bread and butter pudding.  P&O's flagship Britannia has a state of the art cookery school - The Cookery Club - where passengers can sign up for

the ultimate chocolate lover's class.  This starts with a tasting session to teach you how to select and work with chocolate moving on to classes making truffles using a ganache and

liqueur filling.  And among The Crows Nest bar's Great British Gin Menu you'll find Ely Dark Chocolate Gin from Cambridgeshire.  GETTY Chocolate is taken so seriously on Costa

Cruises ships that they have designated chocolate bars GETTY Once a week on P&O ships, passengers queue up to take their pick from the all-chocolate buffet MSC CRUISES  Advertisement

Award-winning French chocolatier and pastry chef Jean-Philippe Maury will be working with MSC on designs for a chocolate atelier on its new ship MSC Meraviglia, which will launch in 2017. 

The chocolate atelier will have an open kitchen so that passengers can watch chocolatiers at work.  Maury will also work with MSC to create a gourmet ice cream parlour and creperie in the

ship's indoor promenade - which will also feature chocolate. RELATED ARTICLES Share Article