Tomcat Temptations

Auckland chocolatier Hanna Frederick, a former food scientist, has injected a male aphrodisiac into her chocolate treats for Valentine’s Day. Frederick, who made headlines by feeding beer-flavoured chocolate to brewers and deer antler chocolate to meat industry heads at business conventions last year, hopes to capitalise on the commercial day of romance with chocolates fortified with Tongkat Ali, a potent herb from Southeast Asia which is claimed to stimulate testosterone production in men. “We are not trying to create a substitute for Viagra,” Hungarian-born Frederick said. “This is just a bit of passionate fun.” Frederick and her husband Howard own Mámor Chocolate Ltd., which was established in 2003.