Cannoli Dip Recipe & Golden Cannoli Original Cannoli Chips
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Editor’s Note: A Top Pick Of The Week from 2018, we updated this article in June 2026 to re-introduce Golden Cannoli Chips. Our favorite discovery of the summer is Golden Cannoli Chips, The Original Cannoli Chip. Golden Cannoli Chips are triangle-shaped, crimped edge cookie chips, in two flavors: At home, we dip them into some sweetened ricotta cheese, to enjoy “deconstructed” cannoli (the full recipe follows). There’s no need to spend time and effort piping the ricotta filling into cannoli shells. Below: > More ways to use cannoli chips. Elsewhere on The Nibble: > The year’s 15+ pastry holidays. > The history and different types of pie and pastry: a photo glossary. > National Cannoli Day is celebrated on June 16th, and September is National Cannoli Month. The hack is to sweeten a container of ricotta to taste, with or without chocolate chips, and start dipping (we admit to using Splenda to sweeten ours). Here’s the full-blown cannoli cream recipe. 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). Have fun with them, as decorations, garnishes, and more: |
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 [4] We turned a white cake mix into a “cannoli cake” with cannoli filling, cream cheese frosting, cannoli chips around the outside, and chocolate chips on top (photo: The Nibble). 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. The cannoli chips were a happy accident. The company was selling its products at a trade show, handing out samples of filled cannoli. The samples quickly ran out (who can resist a free cannoli?). 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! The company sells cannoli shells, chocolate-dipped cannoli shells, cannoli filling, and if you’re having a big party, cannoli chips in bulk. For more information, head to GoldenCannoli.com. In addition to the Golden Cannoli website, you can find the chips on Amazon, and at retail at Fresh Thyme Market, Giant, Walmart, and Wegmans. ________________ *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. CHECK OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING ON OUR HOME PAGE, THENIBBLE.COM. |
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