Romantic Dinner Ideas: 5 Delicious Aphrodisiac Recipes Perfect for Date Night

Are you looking for fun ways to surprise your significant other? Or, you want to find new dinner recipes to try out? Why not do both! Prepare a unique surprise by cooking a delicious romantic dinner for your other half! Our list of 10 of the most delicious aphrodisiac recipes will surely spice things up. These recipes contain the most potent aphrodisiac foods, which have amazing benefits for your health and your love life! They support the production of hormones, give you an energy boost, increase blood circulation, and promote a healthy love life. These recipes are perfect for a romantic candle-lit dinner on a Friday night or more special occasions like Valentine’s Day! Or, you can make this a weekly ritual, where nothing else matters except you and your boo! In this article, you will find 5 delicious aphrodisiac recipes for a romantic dinner date. There are appetizers, main courses, snacks, drinks, desserts, and more! So, if you want to show your other half just how much you appreciate them, continue reading:

These recipes are the perfect dinner menu to awaken all of your senses

In this article

• How can I make a romantic dinner at home?
• How do you set the mood for a romantic dinner?
• What are some romantic foods?
• Aphrodisiac Appetizers
  • Fragrant Steamed Oysters with a Sesame, Soy, and Scallion drizzle
• Aphrodisiac Salads
  • Avocado, Clementines & Arugula Salad with Pomegranate Seeds
• Aphrodisiac Main Courses
  • Fig, Prosciutto, Gorgonzola & Arugula Pizza With Hot Honey
  • Dark Chocolate, Honey & Fig Walnut Truffles
• Aphrodisiac Drinks
  • Delicious Brown Sugar Fig Bubbly

How can I make a romantic dinner at home?

You don’t need much to prepare a romantic dinner at home! Just wait for a time when your significant other will be away from home, and you will have a few spare hours to prepare. First, plan your dinner. How many meals are you making? Are you making everything from scratch, for example? If yes, you need to make sure you have all of the ingredients needed beforehand, as well as enough time to cook.

These are just some of the aphrodisiac foods you can include in your dinner menu

How do you set the mood for a romantic dinner?

Setting the mood for a romantic dinner is just as important as the dinner menu itself! So, grab some flowers and put them in a vase. Take out your candles and place them around the room. There is nothing more romantic than a candle-lit dinner. Don’t forget about the music! Choose something you know your significant other enjoys. The best thing you can do is play something gentle, quietly in the background. After all, your company and conversations have to be the most important thing in your dinner!

Take some time to set the mood and decorate your dinner table

What are some romantic foods?

Here are some dinner menu ideas that will boost your libido and awaken all your senses! There are appetizers, salads, main courses, desserts, and drinks. Spice up your dinner with a full course, filled with aphrodisiacs for an unforgettable dining experience!

Chocolate and strawberries are a classic aphrodisiac dessert 

Watch our recipe on one of the most classic aphrodisiac drinks you can make:

Aphrodisiac Appetizers

Fragrant Steamed Oysters with a Sesame, Soy, and Scallion drizzle

Aphrodisiacs: oysters

Preparation Time: 10 minutes

Cooking Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 4 servings

Ingredients:

• 12-24 fanny bay oysters in their shell
• ½ cup soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons sesame oil
• 2 tablespoons scallion or chives (finely chopped)
• a few dashes of hot sauce (optional)

Step-by-step Instructions:

1. First, preheat the grill or oven to 500 F.
2. Then mix together all the ingredients except the oysters and set them aside.
3. After that, place the oysters on the grill with the deepest side of their shell down and close the lid. If you are using your oven, put them on a baking sheet with edges. If you want to keep them upright to save their liquor, pile some kosher salt and nestle them in it, and then place the tray of oysters in the oven.
4. Then grill for 5 minutes, or until you see the shells start to open. Some shells may open a lot, others may only open a few millimeters, so you may need to look closely. Oysters don’t open as widely as clams and mussels when steamed.
5. After that, remove them from the grill or oven, let them cool for a minute.
6. Then prepare a platter with some rock salt or kosher salt and then pry the top shells off with an oyster shucker, a knife, or your hands.
7. Once the top shells are off, place them open side up on the platter, using the salt to hold them upright.
8. Finally, spoon a teaspoon of the soy mixture over each one and serve.

Enjoy!

Start with making the sesame, soy, and scallion drizzle first

After that, it is time to grill the oysters

Then pry the top shells off with an oyster shucker

Finally, spoon a teaspoon of the soy mixture over each one of the oysters 

And enjoy!

Aphrodisiac Salads

Avocado, Clementines & Arugula Salad with Pomegranate Seeds

Aphrodisiacs: avocado, arugula, pomegranate

Preparation Time:  15 minutes

Cooking Time:  5 minutes

Total Time:  20 minutes

Servings: 4 servings

Ingredients:

• 2 ripe avocados (peeled and sliced)
• 4 medium clementines (peeled and sliced horizontally)
• 120 g pomegranate seeds
• 80 g pine nuts
• 130 g arugula
• 1 tablespoon caraway seeds
• 4 medium clementines (zest and juice only)
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley
• 100 ml extra virgin olive oil

Step-by-step Instructions:

1. First, in a large bowl, mix all the salad ingredients together.
2. Then place the caraway seeds in a small, dry frying pan over medium heat and toast them for a couple of minutes until they are fragrant.
3. After that, using pestle and mortar, gently crush the seeds and return to the pan with the clementine juice and zest, simmer for a couple more minutes. Set aside and allow for it to cool.
4. Finally, add parsley and gently whisk in the olive oil. Season if needed. Pour over salad and enjoy.

Enjoy!

The perfect zesty salad recipe 

In a large bowl, mix all the salad ingredients together

Finally, pour the dressing over the salad and enjoy

A delicious and light aphrodisiac salad for two

Aphrodisiac Main Courses

Fig, Prosciutto, Gorgonzola & Arugula Pizza With Hot Honey

Aphrodisiacs: figs, arugula, honey

Preparation Time:  15 minutes

Cooking Time:  20 minutes

Total Time:  35 minutes

Servings: 2 servings

Ingredients:

• ½ lb homemade or store-bought pizza dough
• 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 2 shallots (peeled and thinly sliced)
• 1 clove of garlic (peeled and minced)
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ⅓ cup fig jam
• 1-½ oz. Gorgonzola (crumbled)
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 2 oz. baby arugula (approx ½ cup)
• 2 oz. thinly sliced Prosciutto Di Parma
• freshly ground black pepper
• ¼ cup honey
• 2 teaspoons hot sauce

Step-by-step Instructions:

1. First, preheat the oven to 500 °F 30 minutes prior to cooking the pizza.
2. Next, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a medium skillet and add the shallots, a pinch of salt, and cook over medium-low heat for approx 8-10 minutes.
3. Then stir in the garlic and the thyme, cook for 30 more seconds, then remove from heat.
4. After that, make the pizza dough or, if using store-bought, remove it from the fridge and let rest on a lightly floured surface while you prepare the toppings.
5. Then line a pizza peel with parchment paper or sprinkle regular flour on it.
6. After that, use your fingers gently to stretch press the dough into a circle, and put it on the peel.
7. Then put the fig jam all over the pizza and sprinkle the shallot garlic thyme mixture over the dough. Then crumble the blue cheese over that.
8. Next, bake the pizza until the crust is golden brown for approx 6-8 minutes.
9. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine the remaining oil and the lemon juice. And toss the arugula with it.
10. After that, place the honey and hot sauce in a microwave-safe container and microwave for 30 seconds, then stir.
    Finally, remove the cooked pizza from the oven, lay the Prosciutto di Parma over it, and then top with the arugula. Drizzle with hot honey, and crumble on more cheese if you would like, slice, and serve.

Enjoy!

Start with the delicious fig jam

After that, sprinkle the shallot garlic thyme mixture over the dough

Then crumble the blue cheese on top

After that, bake the pizza until the crust is golden brown

Then add the sliced Prosciutto Di Parma on top

Finally, top up with the arugula

And enjoy!

Dark Chocolate, Honey & Fig Walnut Truffles

Aphrodisiacs: dark chocolate, figs, honey, vanilla

Preparation Time:  10 minutes

Cooking Time:  15 minutes

Total Time:  25 minutes

Servings: 18-20 truffles

Ingredients:

• 140g dried mission figs
• ¼ cup organic honey
• ¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 3-5 tablespoons hot water
• ½ cup medium coarsely chopped candied walnuts or chopped toasted walnuts
• 8oz bittersweet chocolate (finely chopped and divided)
• flaky salt (optional)

Step-by-step Instructions:

1. First, in a food processor or high-powered blender with a small blender jar, add the figs, honey, vanilla, and 2 tablespoons of hot water. Blend until completely smooth, scraping down the sides and adding up to 2 tablespoons more hot water, as needed.
2. Then transfer your fig purée to a bowl and fold in the chopped walnuts.
3. After that, use a tablespoon or small cookie scoop to scoop perfectly rounded mounds with a flat bottom onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Once you’ve made all your truffle mounds, place the baking pan in the freezer for at least an hour.
4. Then fill a small saucepan with a few inches of water and set a heat-proof bowl over the top, so a large portion of the bowl is touching the water. Add ⅔ of the dark chocolate and cook until a little more than half has melted, then stir until the rest melts.
5. Then remove the bowl from the heat and add the reserved 3 ounces of chocolate. Stir until the chocolate melts.
6. Meanwhile, line another baking sheet with parchment paper.
7. Working quickly, so your chocolate doesn’t harden, dip the truffles into the chocolate.
8. Then gently lift the truffle out of the chocolate on top of a fork and transfer the chocolate-dipped truffle to the prepared parchment-lined baking sheet.
9. Sprinkle flaky salt on top and repeat with the remaining truffles.
10. Finally, once the chocolate hardens, they’re ready to eat!

Enjoy!

Use a small cookie scoop to scoop perfectly rounded mounds

Then use a fork to dip them in chocolate

After that, leave the truffles to cool off

Delicious and chewy romantic treats 

Finally, add some flaky salt on top and enjoy

Aphrodisiac Drinks

Delicious Brown Sugar Fig Bubbly

Aphrodisiacs: figs, champagne

Preparation Time:  10 minutes

Cooking Time:  5 minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes

Servings: 4 drinks

Ingredients:

• 10 to 12 ripe figs (sliced with the stems removed)
• plus 1-2 whole figs for garnish
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• the juice of 1 lemon
• 1 750ml (7 cups) chilled bottle of prosecco
• some ice

Step-by-step Instructions:

1. First, in the bottom of a large glass or jar, add the figs, the brown sugar, and the lemon juice.
2. Then use a cocktail muddler to mash and muddle the mixture for a full 5 minutes or so, until the figs break down, and you have a syrupy mix. You can remove any large pieces of the fig skin at this time too.
3. Then add ice to the glass (crushed or cubed depending on your choice) and add in your fig mixture. You can do 2 to 3 tablespoons per glass, or just divide it evenly.
4. Finally, top each glass with prosecco, add a sliced fig in there and serve!

Enjoy!

Use a cocktail muddler to mash and muddle the fig mixture

You want to achieve a syrupy mix

After that, top each glass with prosecco

Then add a sliced fog on top for decoration

Finally, sprinkle some brown sugar on top and enjoy

A delicious romantic cocktail