Ice Cream Cone Cannoli

Thank God for Pinterest, I find all sorts of fun things and neat recipes to make. My latest that I just finished today: Ice Cream Cone Cannoli's! I call it the American Cannoli (Too lazy to make the real shell =P)

Thank God for Pinterest, I find all sorts of fun crafts and food recipes on there! I don't want to just Pin things and never do them! So I'm going to slowly do one at a time. I found these Ice Cream Cone Cannoli's, I call them American Cannoli's -- because we're too lazy to fry up the real things ;)

What you need:

• 24 oz whole milk ricotta
• 3/4 cup sifted powdered sugar
• 1 cup mini chocolate chips
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 12 count sugar cones (CONE's not cups or bowls)

1. Place your ricotta in a strainer lined with a cheese cloth or paper towel. Let it sit for a few hours, or overnight, squeezing to help release the liquid.
2. When the ricotta is strained, stir in your sifted powdered sugar and chocolate chips until combined thoroughly.
3. Place in a piping bag or zip-lock until ready to use.
4. Melt some chocolate chips for the cones and dip the cones in it, using a spoon to spread it evenly around the cone.
5. Dip the cone with melted chocolate into chocolate chips. (I placed them on a pizza sheet and then into the freezer after this so they'd harden and stay in place.)
6. When you're ready, just fill your cones with your filling and wallah!

makes enough cream for 12-14 cannoli

* Optional ~ you can add a few tablespoons of granulated sugar (I did to mine so it'd be a bit sweeter and I also added another 3/4 cup of powered sugar to thicken the ricotta!)

^ My Cannoli's :-)

The other photos are from Cookiesandcups.com