Italian Cannoli Ricotta Cheese Filling

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs ricotta cheese, drained
• 4 ounces cool whip
• 8 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 -2 teaspoon vanilla or 1 -2 teaspoon orange extract
• chopped walnuts, mini chocolate chips, sprinkles

Recipe

• 1 whip the ricotta to a smooth consistency.
• 2 add the cool whip and powdered sugar.
• 3 whip again to combine ingredients, scrapping down the side of the bowl during mixing.
• 4 chill for a few hours before filling your shells.
• 5 i like to split the filling into three bowls and mix in some chopped nuts in one bowl, mini chocolate chips in another and leave the third one plain.
• 6 to fill the cannoli's, i find it easiest to fill a decorators bag and pipe the filling into the shells.
• 7 sprinkle the ends of the cannoli's with nuts and or sprinkles.
• 8 dust the tops of the cannoli's with powerdered sugar.
• 9 serve immediately.