Our favorite discover of the summer is Golden Cannoli Chips, The Original Cannoli Chip.

The sweet chips provide the cannoli‡ experience without our having to go out for cannoli, a dessert we simply can’t resist.

At home, we dip them into some sweetened ricotta cheese, to enjoy “deconstructed” cannoli (the full recipe follows).

Golden Cannoli Chips are triangle-shaped, crimped edge cookie chips, in four flavors:

 
For authentic cannoli taste, get the Powdered Sugar or possibly Cinnamon & Sugar. The Cookies & Cream and Lemon are tasty, but not “cannoli.”

Ready to make the dip?
 
 
RECIPE: CANNOLI CREAM DIP

If all you have is ricotta, sweeten it to taste and start dipping. Otherwise, here is the full cannoli cream recipe.
 
Ingredients

 
Preparation

1. WHIP the cream in a mixing bowl, until stiff peaks form. Move to a small bowl and set aside.

2. ADD the ricotta cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon to the mixing bowl. Mix on medium speed until combined, about 1 minute. Fold in the whipped cream and chocolate chips.

3. CHILL the cannoli cream for at least 2 hours. Serve with the cannoli chips (or, use them to fill cannoli shells).
 
ABOUT GOLDEN CANNOLI

The predecessor of Golden Cannoli was founded by cousins in greater Boston in 1970, as an Italian bakery. Cannoli shells were part of the product line.

The bakery soon was asked to produce cannoli for local bakeries. Production expanded so much that the cousins sold bakery and opened Golden Cannoli, to focus on cannoli shells, cannoli filling, and related items.

[1] Golden Cannoli Chips are made in four flavors. Shown: Powdered Sugar, the “authentic” cannoli flavor (all photos © Golden Cannoli).

[2] Our favorite “chips and dip” (sorry, potato chips).

[3] Mini ice cream sandwiches are just one fun use for Golden Cannoli Chips.

The solution was to break up cannoli shells and put them in cups of cannoli cream as a dip…and The Original Cannoli Chips were born!

Back from the show, the company quickly got to work to make Golden Cannoli Chips a reality.

For more information, head to GoldenCannoli.com.
 
 
WAYS TO USE CANNOLI CHIPS

have fun with them, as decorations, garnishes, and more:

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*To strain, set a strainer over a bowl or a pot, and add the ricotta. Let it drain naturally, and then use a spatula to lightly press out most of the remaining liquid. You can substitute low-fat ricotta.

†Cheesecake is an open-face pie, not a cake; as Boston Cream Pie is a cake, not a pie. The terms originated long ago, when naming conventions were not so precise.

‡The singular form in Italian is cannolo, the plural is cannoli. In the U.S., some people use cannoli as the singular and cannolis as the plural. Both of these latter uses are incorrect.