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Creamy cannoli filling with mini chocolate chips swirled in a white bowl.

Cannoli Filling Recipe

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Chilling Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Servings 12
Calories 150 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups whole milk ricotta cheese strained
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions
 

  • Place the strained ricotta cheese in a large mixing bowl.
  • Add powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and ground cinnamon to the bowl with the ricotta.
    Adding powdered sugar and ground cinnamon to ricotta cheese in a white bowl for cannoli filling.
  • Using a hand mixer or a whisk, blend the ingredients together until smooth and creamy.
    Blending cannoli filling ingredients with a hand mixer.
  • Gently fold in the mini chocolate chips until evenly distributed.
    A hand mixer blending creamy ricotta cheese for cannoli filling with mini chocolate chips.
  • Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate the filling for at least 2 hours to firm up before using to fill cannoli shells.
    Cannoli filling in a bowl, made with ricotta cheese and mini chocolate chips.

Nutrition

Calories: 150kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 5gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 6gSodium: 36mgFiber: 1g
Keyword cannoli filling, ricotta cheese
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