The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has posted warnings about not one, not two, but a variety of different so-called “sexual chocolate” products being promoted and sold for, you got it, sexual enhancement. (Photo: Getty)
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Well, this is choco-lot to consider. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has posted warnings about not one, not two, but a variety of different so-called “sexual chocolate” products being promoted and sold for, you got it, sexual enhancement. And these are “dark” chocolate warnings, so to speak—alerting you to the presence of undisclosed erectile dysfunction medications in such products.
Yes, it’s quite dark to slip in stuff like sildenafil—the active ingredient in Viagra—or tadalafil—the active ingredient in Cialis—into chocolate yet still call it “all natural” and fail to disclose the presence of such ED medications. But that’s what makers of Boner Bears Chocolate Bars, DTF Sexual Chocolate, Pink Pussycat Aphrodisiac Chocolate and other such products have been doing. The “all natural” claims are certainly all full of it. It’s not as if you’ll typically find sildenafil and tadalafil growing right next to the peonies in the garden.
Such chocolates may not be completely filled with sildenafil or tadalafil. But even in small amounts, the presence of such medications could be problematic. For example, those concurrently using nitrate medications like nitroglycerin for chest pain or guanylate cyclase stimulators like riociguat for pulmonary hypertension could then experience dangerous drops in blood pressure. You’ve also got to watch out if you’ve had recent cardiovascular events, eye problems or allergies to such ED medications. Plus, how would you feel if someone were to tell you something like, “By the way, I put some ED medication in your dinner. I hope you didn’t mind.”
It took FDA testing to find these undisclosed medications in the following seven different brands of sexual products:
Now, this FDA list could be far from exhaustive. Just because your sexual chocolate product is not on this list doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s OK to consume. Be very skeptical and avoid any chocolate product that has any accompanying sexual claims that go beyond, say, kisses. Sure, eating chocolate in general can be a very, very exciting experience. But when actress Catherine Zeta-Jones once said, "The only thing better than sex is sex with chocolate on it," she probably didn’t mean that any of the ingredients in the chocolate itself would get you sexually aroused.
In fact, be wary of any product with accompanying sexual claims not backed by real science and not approved by official regulatory bodies like the FDA. There’s certainly no shortage of people on social media, the rest of the Internet, TV and other places telling you about new ways to enhance your sex life. I’ve already covered in Forbes other products like honey packets in 2024, other honey-based products in 2022 and various dietary supplements in 2018 with such claims that ended up having ED medications in them as well.
This sexual chocolate situation is also a reminder that you can’t trust what packaging says beyond what’s in the official FDA approved Nutrition Facts label as I have emphasized before in Forbes. Manufacturers can kind of say all sorts of things with impunity on the rest of their product packages, including things about what their products may do to your package. And with the FDA being further hampered by personnel and funding cuts, don’t expect the government to catch all the wrong doing out there.
Therefore, it’s important for you to be vigilant and informed. Certainly, if you happen to have any of the sexual chocolate products called out by the FDA, discard them or return them for a refund immediately. Beyond that remain skeptical about what any companies and marketers may say. Stick to approaches and products that are clearly backed by science and real medical experts, with an emphasis on the word “experts” rather than just a single expert. Doing so will help you get past a choco-lot of false claims.
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