Are you a self-confessed chocoholic? Do you include chocolate covered strawberries as one of your five-a-day? When asked which eggs you’d prefer, are you likely to say Easter eggs? Then Princess Cruises’ Chocolate Journey is tailor made for you!

Whilst the famed, lavish chocolate cruise buffets are a thing of the past, Princess Cruises understand just how darn important those little cocoa beans and their derivatives are to us chocolate lovers. In fact, they once undertook a survey specifically to discover just what it meant to their passengers.

Here are some of the more surprising key findings:

🍫 70% of women crave chocolate more than sex as an afternoon "delight".

🍫49% of adults considered chocolate the number one aphrodisiac, 

🍫61% said they enjoy chocolate as a "pick-me-up" at any time of the day. 

🍫82% of men agree they like chocolate just as much as women do.

If you feel the same, then check out these Choco-cruise delights!

PRINCESS CRUISES CHOCOLATE Journey

Responding to the results of their survey, Princess Cruises pulled out all the chocolate stops to cater for our sweet tooth (or should that be teeth?)

They recruited Chocolatier Norman Love to design decadent hand-craftehd treats for the cruise line's Chocolate Journeys programme. Exquisite, silky, rich confections grace the tables of Sabatini's Italian Restaurant, Crown Grill, Sterling Steakhouse, and at the Chef's Table experience. Of course you will also find them on the dessert menu in the Main Dining Room.

The 24-hour favourite International Cafe also serves chocolate specialities including Milk Chocolate Mousse Caramel and Milk Chocolate Chantilly Eclairs. Not only that, but you can combine my own two personal favourites if you head to Vines wine bar where a special selection of premium chocolates and wines have been paired by Norman Love.

Fancy a cocktail? The chocolate drink menu includes chocolate chili margarita and chocolate salted caramel rum shake. 

And there are even yummy chocolate spa treatments at Lotus Spa, where the anti-oxidant chocolate body treatments are absolutely delicious - just don’t try to eat them!

Destination choices for chocoholics

Why not choose a chocolate-related destination to indulge your passion further? Here are a couple of ideas.

Bruges

Belgian chocolate is revered throughout the world and Bruges is at the heart of its chocolate-making industry, know as it is as ‘Chocolate Capital of the World’. Explore the cobbled streets lined with chocolate shops, and you might even blag some free samples.

St Lucia

St Lucia in the Caribbean is the original home of brand Hotel Chocolat. The island has grown cocoa for centuries - the mountain slopes are ideal for chocolate growing as cacao trees love rich volcanic soil and shade.  There is even a traditional St Lucian chocolate dance - cocoa-rina - which is performed barefoot to polish the cacao beans.

Quito, Ecuador

Somewhat more exotic is Quito, Ecuador in South America where they produce some wonderful chocolate. Ecuador also boasts being the place where the oldest cocoa plant was found in the Southern Amazonia of Ecuador dating back to 5.000 BC. 

To find out more, visit Princess Cruises’ Chocolate Journey Page here.