It's chocolate v kissing!
Is chocolate really better than kissing? Women's Editor Tracey O'Sullivan says: Why choose? Have both!


But now new research has revealed it could actually be the most passionate relationship the fairer sex enjoys.
Because (apparently) while a kiss is just a kiss - when it comes to tongues, nothing compares with the effect of chocolate.
Researchers who monitored the heads and hearts of 12 romantically involved couples found they responded more to chocolate melting in their mouths than they did to kissing.
Recordings of brain activity and heart rate were taken as the volunteers tasted pieces of dark chocolate or kissed their partners.
The findings showed that even the most passionate kisses fail to equal the "buzz" of chocolate.
"These results really surprised and intrigued us," said psychologist Dr David Lewis, who led the study.
"While we fully expected chocolate - especially dark chocolate - to increase heart rates, owing to the fact that it contains some highly stimulating substances, both the length of this increase together with the powerful effects it had on the mind were something none of us had anticipated."
Women have long been known to curl up on the sofa watching a chick flick with a box of chocolates rather than a man, but could it actually be the better alternative rather than a second-placed comfort?
It seems it could. The makers of Bournville dark chocolate actually conducted the study to launch their new mix called Deeply Dark.
To add to the romance the secret recipe has been created by none other than Cecile Roussel - the real-life Vianne Rocher (played by Juliette Binoche in the film Chocolat).

Six couples were recruited for the study.
And for the girls at Marks & Spencer in Shrewsbury it was certainly a close-run race, even though all were only too aware of the warning - a moment on the lips means a lifetime on the hips.
We asked them to put Deeply Dark to the test to see if it could actually work wonders in the romance department where kissing should be king.
Certainly it had something of the desired effect.
Good-humoured singleton Jane Keogh was adamant that the square of sweet treat she picked up would come nowhere near the pleasure of puckering up.
"I'm sorry, it can't possibly be as good," she said.
As she sat contemplating its powers of persuasion fellow singleton Zoe Clarke was also trying a square.

Her sneers of cynicism were quickly turning to oohs and aahs of something pretty close to delight as the choclate disolved on her tongue.
Zoe needed no convincing, saying that dark chocolate always had been and remained her favourite.
"I do love chocolate and particularly dark chocolate," she admitted.
"I think this would give kissing a run for its money in terms of enjoyment. It's very good and really does melt deliciously."
Although for Bea Chaplin kissing was still top of the list, even when compared to a little foodie indulgence.

"Chocolate is a lovely treat but it can't really compare."
But the enthusiastic group certainly met their task with hilarity, creating much amusement as they let their tastebuds do the deciding.
Kerri Follmer also tucked in, adding that she enjoyed the chocolate but it was debatable whether it matched kissing for an experience worth remembering.
"It's very good and not anywhere near as bitter as dark chocolate normally is. It's much softer and more mellow. Women do love chocolate - I think that is well known.
"But I don't think it will replace kissing anytime soon."
Cecile said the recipe had been created with women in mind.
"This new chocolate does seem to have the kiss factor. Women in particular have always enjoyed an intense relationship with chocolate and have an instinctive understanding of how a slowly ascending pleasure curve leads to an even greater explosion of pleasure on the tongue when the chocolate melts.
"So we created a quicker, longer and more intense melt point with Deeply Dark."
And it certainly seems as if it works - even though not all women are quite ready to give up kissing just yet!
So, let us know girls, which gets your vote, chocolate or kissing? Fill in the box below.
By Women's Editor Tracey O'Sullivan