Kids love cooking, and these gorgeous recipes from fairtrade chocolate company Divine Chocolate are incredibly easy to make. The truffles would make a perfect homemade Father's Day treat, and the chocolate tray bake is ideal for the cake stall at the school fete – or simply to enjoy at home!

Divine Truffles
by Jane Milton

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooling time: 24 hours
Makes: 30

Ingredients
200ml (7floz) single cream
50g (1 1/2 oz) unsalted butter
500g 70% Divine Dark, white, milk or hazlenut chocolate

Method
Heat the cream and butter together in a pan until the mixture reaches boiling point. Turn off the heat and add the chocolate. Stir until all the chocolate has melted. Pour into a tin or plastic container, set aside and allow to cool and set for 24 hours. Take teaspoonfuls and roll into balls with cool hands – dust with cocoa or dip in chocolate using a fork.

Divine Chocolate Tray Bake

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Chilling time: 6 hours
Makes: 20 pieces

Ingredients
125g (4oz) margarine
50g (1 1/2oz) caster sugar
2 tbsp golden syrup
2 tbsp milk
100g (3 1/2oz) Divine Chocolate – you choose the flavour!
250g (8oz) digestive biscuits, crushed (LwK tip – best to do this in a freezer or sandwich bag!)
50g (1 1/2 oz) glace cherries, cut into quarters
50g (1 1/2 oz) raisins

Method

Place marg, sugar, syrup and milk in a pan and heat until it melts. Stir in the chocolate and stir until smooth. Add digestives, cherries and raisins and mix well. Place in a 20cm square tin lined with greaseproof paper or Teflon liner. Chill until firm, cut into pieces and place in an airtight container.

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