Soak the dates in hot water for 2 hours. Drain them and blend them with cocoa e chilli powder into a paste.
Add melted chocolate to the date paste and mix well. Then, let it harden at room temperature.
Shape the chocolate dough into 10 balls.
Mix glutinous rice flour, icing sugar, and water in a pot.
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Transfer the mochi dough onto a worktop dusted with corn starch. Then, dust it with some starch to make it less sticky.
Pinch off a small handful of dough and shape it into a ball.
Flatten one ball into a thick disc and brush off excess starch on both sides.
Then, place the chocolate ball in the centre of the disc.
Pull the edges of the dough towards the centre and over the filling, pinching them together at the top.
Repeat for the other sides of the dough wrapper as you would do for a dumpling, pinching them at the top.
Then, hold the mochi in your hand and keep pinching the dough together while you twist the mochi to make a tight ball.
Finally, flip the mochi seam-side down and lightly press it into a dome shape.