Chocolate-Dipped Cannoli

Name: Chocolate-Dipped Cannoli
Yield: 8 cannoli
Ingredients: 8 store-bought cannoli shells; 1 (12 oz) bag semisweet chocolate chips; 1 quart good-quality ricotta cheese; 2 cups confectioners' sugar; 1 tsp fresh orange zest; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1/4 cup chopped citron (candied orange peel)

7 ingredients•4 steps•8 cannoli

Tyler Florence

Ingredients

Shells and Chocolate

8 store-bought cannoli shells
1 (12 oz) bag semisweet chocolate chips

Cannoli Filling

1 quart good-quality ricotta cheese
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 tsp fresh orange zest
2 tsp vanilla extract

Optional

1/4 cup chopped citron (candied orange peel)

Instructions

1
Prepare the chocolate-dipped shells:
2
Prepare the filling:
3
Place the filling into a piping bag and fill chocolate-dipped cannoli with the mixture.
4
Serve as soon as possible.

💡 Cook's Notes

Tyler Florence uses a food processor to mix the filling, but some suggest this can make it too liquid if the ricotta isn't drained sufficiently. **Alternative method (traditional Sicilian approach):** Hand mix the filling to prevent it from becoming too liquid. Use equal parts mascarpone and ricotta, and half that amount in honey. Add spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, or cardamom) and zest. Chill 15-30 minutes, pipe into shells, optionally dip the ends in chocolate and dust with powdered sugar, then chill and serve. This method takes 15-30 minutes total.