Description
Delicious and easy-to-make Cannoli Bites featuring crisp mini pie crust cups filled with a creamy ricotta and mascarpone mixture studded with mini chocolate chips. Perfect bite-sized treats for parties or a sweet snack.
Ingredients
Scale
Pie Crust Cups
- 1 premade pie crust
Filling
- 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 and prepare dough: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Unroll the room temperature pie crust onto a lightly floured surface or cutting board. Use a 2 ½ inch round biscuit cutter or cookie cutter to cut out 12 rounds of pie crust. Place rounds in an ungreased mini muffin tin and press dough with your fingers to fit the pan.
- Bake pie cups: Bake for 12 minutes or until pie cups are a light golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 15 minutes.
- Make filling: In a medium bowl, mix together strained ricotta cheese, mascarpone cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and mini chocolate chips until well combined.
- Fill pie cups: Spoon the ricotta filling into the cooled pie cups. For a cleaner presentation, fill a resealable plastic bag or pastry bag, cut a corner or use a star tip, and pipe the filling into each cup.
- Garnish and serve: Sprinkle additional mini chocolate chips on top and dust with powdered sugar before serving. Enjoy your Cannoli Bites!
Notes
- Straining ricotta cheese removes excess moisture for a thicker filling.
- You can substitute mascarpone with cream cheese for a tangier flavor.
- Use a star-shaped piping tip for a decorative filling presentation.
- Mini chocolate chips can be replaced with finely chopped dark chocolate or white chocolate chips.
- Store leftovers covered in the refrigerator and consume within 2 days for best freshness.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bite
- Calories: 120 kcal
- Sugar: 7 g
- Sodium: 85 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 12 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 20 mg
