Tan'saní

Tan'saní was once a specific dessert made in Ashar (named tan'saní by the saeli'tuk who first tasted it, which translates to "sweet flame"), but the term is currently used to describe not only the specific dessert, but a whole family of Asharian desserts that combine sweet and spicy tastes.
The original tan'saní is a small sphere, no more than three centimetres in diameter. The outer layer is a thick dough made of flour and crushed nuts, while on the inside is a tiny core of hard, bitter chocolate with a speck of a famously hot Asharian pepper. The dough is fried in jasmine oil and then dipped in a mixture of honey, mead and spices. The result is a highly aromatic dessert, with alluring sweetness, until one bites through the chocolate, and the Asharian pepper. The hotness is unleashed and carried over the sweetness to deliver quite a powerful kick. Sometimes it brings tears. It is, however, highly addictive, and people keep eating tan'sani until their tongues become swollen from the pepper and they can barely speak.
Other desserts, now also called "tan'saní", include variations of the original recipe (one has become quite famous for frying the dough in jasmine and rhott oil, for an extra kick), as well as any Asharian dessert that has spicy elements and is dipped in honey. One, in particular, is almost exclusively served in the upper class Asharian pleasure rooms, since it is considered a very effective aphrodisiac. The Asharites call it down'saní, but the official name was nilause, which means desire in Asharian. The nilause is a hard plaque made of crudely chopped nuts and caramelised in spiced mixture of honey varieties, which is then broken into biscuits. Its secret lies in one particular variety of honey: the honey of the red snow flowers of Shakhemek, rare and exceedingly difficult to harvest, used for centuries for the fertility ceremonies of the local tribes, until it was found and smuggled in Ashar for the first time, made almost illegal at some point due to its very unpredictable effects, and now an upper-class privilege.