Kama Sutra Chocolate has a bitter taste in Kazakhstan

It is cherished by many as an ancient and Sanskrit text that educates on the most intimate aspects of love and marriage. Indeed the Kama Sutra is actually considered a sacred text to many Hindus.

However other cultures, particular in the western world, largely ignore the  pearls of wisdom it dispenses in relation to love and family life and tend to view it more in terms of its explicit promotion at the role of sex as a source of pleasure.

Tapping in to this, Obzhorka, a confectionery manufacturer in Kazakhstan has caused a bit of an uproar by producing a range of 'adult' chocolates that use moulds of eight illustrations from the venerable tome.

To say it has not been received well is a bit of an understatement as public prosecutors in the town of Rudniy, which is located in the northern Qostanai region of the country,  on the back of a public outcry have confirmed they are investigating the company for selling the sexually explicit  bars of dark and white chocolate.

For their part Obzhorka firmly dismiss any suggestion of them doing anything wrong with a spokeswoman for the company, Tatyana Kryachko, explaining the chocolate was designed as an exclusive adult gift, with the firm even going so far as to ensuring the chocolates were packaged in fancy opaque wrappers, so as not to offend anyone.

These efforts however have come to nothing as many retailers have started selling the chocolates in display cabinets 'naked' by removing their packaging. Presumably so customers can actually see what it is they would be buying.

Unfortunately the sight of these high end sexual chocolates has left a bitter taste in the mouths of many Kazakhs.

Article posted by Spencer Samaroo, Managing Director, Moo-Lolly-Bar. A true chocoholic, he also is chief editor of I Love USA Candy.


Source: Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty