Chocolate stars

These cheered your Dad up no end, after a week of flu.

You'll need:

a bar and a half of dark chocolate (about 150g ish)
a small pack of dried cranberries

Break the chocolate up into small pieces, and place in a large bowl. Sit the bowl over a saucepan which contains a couple of inches of water, and turn on the heat. The chocolate will gradually melt - keep stirring it so it doesn't stick on the hot edges of the bowl.

Once you've got molten chocolate, turn off the heat and leave to cool, for 10 minutes or so. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper, and pour the chocolate (which should be thick but not too drippy) onto the paper. Leave for another 10 minutes, until it's starting to set.

Take one small star cutter, dip in hot water, and use to cut shapes in the chocolate. Quickly push a cranberry into each star.

Leave the chocolate to cool completely - it's often easiest to do this in the fridge. Once it's cold, you can peel the chocolate off the greaseproof paper, and the stars should be easy to push out.