Mini Cannoli Bites
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These Mini Cannoli Bites make the perfect dessert and require very little work to put together. They taste just like a cannoli except they are bite sized.
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mini cannoli bites
Looking for a simple bite-sized dessert to make?! These are quick, easy and simple– I made my Dad a Lemon Meringue Pie for Father’s Day on Sunday with Pillsbury® pie crust and I had one roll of pie crust leftover. I love love love using Pillsbury® pie crust because it is so easy and it’s delicious! It also always turns into a perfectly light golden brown crust when it is baked properly. There is also nothing wrong with making your pie crust from scratch of course, it just will take a bit more time.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
key ingredients
Pie crust
Ricotta cheese
Mascarpone cheese
Powdered sugar
Vanilla extract
Mini chocolate chips
how to make cannoli bites
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Unroll the pie crust onto a cutting board or clean flat surface. Use a 2 ½ inch round biscuit cutter (or a cup will work if you don’t have a biscuit cutter) and cut out 12 rounds of pie crust. Place rounds in a mini muffin pan. Use your fingers to press the dough to fit the pan.
Bake for about 10-12 minutes, or until pie cups are a light golden brown. Once baked, let cool for 15 minutes.
In a medium bowl, mix together the ricotta, mascarpone cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and mini chocolate chips until combined.
Spoon in ricotta filling into pie cups OR if you want to make them look extra pretty, scoop filling into a zip-lock bag and cut the tip off. Squeeze filling into pie cups and sprinkle mini chocolate chips.
There are only 5 ingredients to make these bites so you should definitely give them a try. They are not too sweet and you can also top these with fresh diced strawberries or cherries. If you like your cannoli filling a little sweeter, add ½ cup of powdered sugar instead of 1/3 cup. The mascarpone cheese is like an Italian cream cheese so it will make your filling extra creamy.
You will probably have extra filling so you can either make more pie cups if you have more pie crust, or you can eat the filling as it is for a dessert or sweet snack. Just scoop into a small bowl add chocolate chips and enjoy! It would also count as low-carb too if you ate it this way 😉
leftovers & storage
Once the cheesecakes are ready to be stored as leftovers, transfer them to an airtight container or wrap them and place them in the refrigerator for up to five days.
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Cannoli Bites
Ingredients
- 1 premade pie crust
- 1/2 cup whole milk Ricotta Cheese strained
- 1/4 cup mascarpone cheese
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup mini chocolate chips; plus more for topping
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Unroll the pie crust onto a cutting board or clean flat surface. Use a 2 ½ inch round biscuit cutter (or a cup will work if you don’t have a biscuit cutter) and cut out 12 rounds of pie crust. Place rounds in a mini muffin pan. Use your fingers to press the dough to fit the pan.
- Bake for about 10-12 minutes, or until pie cups are a light golden brown. Once baked, let cool for 15 minutes.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the ricotta, mascarpone cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and mini chocolate chips until combined.
- Spoon in ricotta filling into pie cups OR if you want to make them look extra pretty, scoop filling into a zip-lock bag and cut the tip off. Squeeze filling into pie cups and sprinkle mini chocolate chips. Enjoy!
This recipe was last updated in April 2024 to include additional photos and information. Originally posted June 21, 2017 By Kathryn Donangelo.
This cannoli lover is in hog heaven with these!
They are bite sized too so even more of a reason to make these!
Cannolis are one of my all-time favorite desserts–I love that these aren’t super complicated to make! They look delicious!
Mine too! They are super easy and hope you can try them!
You had me at canolis! Thanks for the recipe, Kathryn!
You are welcome! Thank you for trying my recipe– enjoy! 🙂
These would be a great ending to any Italian meal!
I agree and they are bite size! 🙂
Do you use mini cupcake pan or normal
Hi Peggy! I used a mini cupcake pan to make these cannoli bites.