Cannoli Dip

  Desserts

Ricotta is one of my family's favorite ingredients. I made up the cannoli filling and broke up some ice cream waffle shells to use as "chips and dip"—it was an instant hit! It's also good served slightly warm.

Cannoli Dip

Average Rating: 3

TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 10 min.
YIELD: 8 servings.

Ingredients

  • 1 carton (15 ounces) whole-milk ricotta cheese
  • 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped candied citron
  • 1 tablespoon grated lime zest
  • Mini ice cream sugar cones, optional
  • Miniature semisweet chocolate chips, optional

Instructions

  • 1. Beat together ricotta cheese, sugar, candied citron and lime zest. If desired, scoop ricotta mixture into cones and sprinkle with chocolate chips.

Nutrition Facts

1/4 cup: 128 calories, 5g fat (3g saturated fat), 21mg cholesterol, 70mg sodium, 16g carbohydrate (15g sugars, 0 fiber), 6g protein.

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