Cannoli Cups

As we are in the high point of the holiday season, its time to attend many holiday parties or maybe even host your own. I attended a work holiday part this past weekend and wanted to bring the perfect dessert as a thank you to the host. I found this recipe online for cannoli cups and thought it was the perfect thing to bring. Let me start off by saying I could live off cannoli's or at least the filling so I may be a little bias in my love for these. This dessert is super cute looking and perfect for the holidays! I also found cute holiday cupcake boxes at michaels and used them to bring the dessert in (all you have to do is assemble the box without the cupcake liner inside and it makes the perfect dessert box for any shape/size dessert)! 

I found a lot of recipes for this dessert on line and I mix a few together to come up with this one. I found a few that made there own pie dough ( I am sure that is wonderful ) but the way I made these they can be ready in just about 30 minutes! You can also make the filling and cannoli cups ahead of time and just assemble right before serving them! 

What You'll Need: 

Filling- 

• 12 oz whole milk Ricotta 
• 8 oz Mascarpone cheese
• 2/3 cups of powder sugar
• 1/2 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips (for topping) 

Shells-

• 1 tablespoon cinnamon 
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 sheet pre made pie dough (I used pillsbury pie crust 

What To Do:

1. Mix together ricotta, mascarpone and powder sugar in a large bowl and then cover and chill for 30 minutes or until you are ready to use.  

1. Flour a surface to roll out the dough. Then roll out the dough until about 1/8 thickness (I know its hard to tell what 1/8 is but basically its pretty thin). 

2. Sprinkle the dough with cinnamon and sugar and press into the dough. 

3. Cut in 2 1/2 inch rounds using a biscuit cutter (I didn't have one so I used the top of a grated cheese container and it worked great). 

4. Place the round into a mini muffin pan. Pressing each one down and lightly spraying with vegetable oil. This should make 24 mini cups

5. Bake in the oven on 400 for about 10-12 minutes. 

6. Let the cups cool then using a piping bag- pipe the ricotta mixture into the cups and garnish with mini chocolate chips. 

Hope you enjoy this holiday treat!