Valentine's Day treats

What you need:

• 60g dark chocolate
• 50g milk chocolate
• 40g white chocolate
• Four heart-shaped biscuit cutters (130mm x 110mm, 115mm x 90mm, 100mm x 80mm and 60mm x 50mm)
• Red ribbon
• Greaseproof paper
• Tray or chopping board
• Bowl
• Saucepan

What to do:

1. Arrange the heart shaped biscuit cutters on greaseproof paper on a flat tray or chopping board.
2. Break the dark chocolate into pieces and place in a bowl.
3. Heat gently over a pan of boiling water.
4. When melted, pour the chocolate carefully into the largest heart biscuit cutter.
5. Repeat steps 2 to 4 for milk and white chocolate, using the medium and small cutters.
6. Place in the fridge to set.
7. When solid, place hearts on top of each other and tie together with a red ribbon

NOTE: To make extra hearts for your chocolate box, simply melt more of your favourite type of chocolate and use a very small heart mould.

Heart-shaped chocolate box

An individual box to present one of your home-made chocolate hearts

What you need:

• Small cardboard jewellery box (approx 60mm x 80mm)
• Stiff white cardboard (300mm square)
• 2 heart-shaped biscuit cutters or templates (130mm x 110mm and 100mm x 80mm)
• 150mm x 200mm piece of pink felt
• Photograph or other image
• PVA glue
• Scissors
• 150mm square of textured white paper or wallpaper

What to do:

1. Cover the sides of a small cardboard jewellery box with strips of coloured paper (the top and bottom will be hidden).
2. Cut out two heart shapes from stiff white cardboard. They should be big enough to cover the box and one needs to be 3-5mm larger than the other.
3. Cover one side of each heart shape in pink felt.
4. Cover one side of the smaller heart with a textured white paper or other material and add a smaller pink felt heart at the centre.
5. Add a small image (use a Valentine's themed picture or even a photograph of yourself).
6. Glue the base of the box to the felt-covered side of the smaller heart and leave to dry.
7. With the lid on the box and using the bottom heart as a guide, glue the second heart to the lid of the box. Leave to dry.