Although sex can be emotionally yummy and physically tasty, sometimes you also want it to taste extra good on your tongue, too – not just in your mind or your various other body parts.

That’s why – as tantalizing as genitals, breasts, thighs and backs may taste on their own – it can be fun to add a little yum factor to sex, all on your own. Consider keeping one or more of these on hand for when you’d like to add some deliciousness to your sex life:

• Mint Julep Body Sugar from Tulip. This is one of my favorite sex-cessories ever. Though there’s also a brown sugar flavor, I hear that mint julep is quite a popular item among others (and not just me). Sprinkle some on whatever body part you can’t get enough of. It’s only $9.50 and it lasts longer than most relationships!
• Confectioners Sugar to make DIY Body Sugar. If you like to vary your flavors and thus don’t want to invest in just one flavor to keep around, consider mixing confectioner’s sugar with a flavor of your choice such as chopped mint leaves, basil or rosemary. Make sure to use it the same night you make it, though, lest it get too clumpy. [Watch my homemade video to learn how.]
• Nipple Nibblers from Early to Bed. At only $3.50, this fruit-flavored lip balm can make your (face) lips, your (vulva) lips (assuming you’re not extra sensitive down there or prone to yeast infections) or your nipples taste particularly good.

Whatever flavors you roll with – whether it’s one of the above or your favorite flavored lubricant or body paint – make it fun! Apply your flavored love potion with seductive strokes, luscious love or lust sprinkling its way out of your finger tips. And if you’re the one doing the licking, lick with wonderment, with enthusiasm, with can’t-get-enough-ooh-aahs – you know, the same type of excitement and dedication that you do with natural flavors of the flesh. Because that tastes good, too.

What are your favorite ways to make sex tastier?

Debby Herbenick, PhD, MPH writes Velocity's Loveville column and is author of Because It Feels Good: A Woman’s Guide to Sexual Pleasure and Satisfaction.