Ingredients

• 0.33 cups white sugar
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter , room temperature
• 6 ounces dark chocolate , chopped
• 14 ounces whole chestnuts
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.25 cups brandy
• 8 ounces white chocolate , chopped
• 0.33 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 teaspoons milk , or as needed
• paper candy cups
• 1 drop red food coloring , or more as needed

Instructions

1. 1 Cream sugar and butter together with a spatula until light and creamy. Set aside.
2. 2 Heat an inch of water in a pot set over low heat. Melt dark chocolate in a heat-proof bowl placed over the pot. Stir with a small spatula.
3. 3 Place chestnuts in a food processor; pulse on and off until very finely ground. Add chestnuts to the sugar-butter mixture and stir until combined. Add salt, cayenne pepper, vanilla extract, and brandy. Stir well. Pour in the melted chocolate and mix again until filling is well blended.
4. 4 Scoop filling onto a silicone-lined baking sheet and smooth out if necessary. Cover the balls in plastic wrap and refrigerate while you prepare the white chocolate coating.
5. 5 Reserve about 20% of the white chocolate to stir in later. Melt the rest in a heat-proof bowl over a pot of simmering water until an instant-read thermometer inserted in to the chocolate reads 105 degree F (41 degrees C). Add the reserved white chocolate and stir until melted.
6. 6 Place 1 chocolate truffle on a fork and hold it up above the white chocolate coating. Spoon on the white chocolate until ball is well coated. Use another fork to push the truffle onto a lined baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining truffles and coating. Place the bowl of coating back over hot water if it chocolate starts to harden.
7. 7 Mix confectioners' sugar with enough milk to make a very thick paste that will hold together well. Dye it pink with red food coloring. Transfer into a piping bag and pipe a small dot on top of each truffle. Serve truffles in paper candy cups.

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