Holiday Cannoli Mousse

Holiday Cannoli Mousse is elegant to serve and a no-bake fabulous addition to any dessert table all year long!


What's better than a no-bake dessert at Christmas time when you're so busy?


Cannoli Mousse is that wow factor dessert that will give your family, and friends that special dessert that you've been looking for.


Look no further, you have the easiest dessert you will ever make, and taste like a deconstructed Italian cannoli.


This mousse is so smooth, and creamy and has just the perfect flavors. I just can't get enough of this dessert.


I made it festive for the holiday table for a festive look and a quick way to have an elegant dessert in no time.



Just scroll down to the recipe card and print it off it's that simple if you don't want to read all my wonderful reasons why I love this dessert so much.

A Fun Elegant Dessert

If you love Italian cannoli pastry, you will love this dessert.

It's a fun way to eat a cannoli in elegant glasses that are the perfect ending to that delicious holiday meal.

No-Bake is my favorite way to make desserts!

The decadent dessert taste just like a cannoli except it's a light and fluffy mousse form in a dessert cup.

Step By Step Cannoli Mousse

1. Place the crust you're using in a food processor. Set aside.
2. In a chilled glass bowl, beat the whipped cream with powdered sugar
3. In another bowl, mix some powdered sugar and vanilla, and cinnamon into the ricotta cheese, fold in mini chips and the whipped cream until evenly blended into the ricotta.
4. Build your mousse with filling and crust in a fancy glass
5. Spoon the mousse on top of the crushed cannoli shells
6. Store leftovers in the refrigerator (for exact measurements scroll down to the recipe card below

Garnish Ideas For Cannoli Mousse

• fresh sliced peaches
• sliced fresh strawberries
• fresh raspberries
• chopped figs
• pistachio or toasted almonds
• hot fudge sauce
• strawberry puree or another pureed fruit
• warmed jams any flavor

Tool

1. bowl
2. beater
3. spoon
4. fancy glassware or plastic
5. nut chopper
6. knife

Other Festive Ideas

1. tint the mousse green with food coloring or pink (plus this dessert is perfect for baby showers or wedding events
2. use a shot glass for just appetizer sweet treat for the holiday at parties
3. make an assortment of these ahead of time when hosting a dinner party
4. set up a serving bar so they can top their dessert with what they like in your assortment of toppings

No Cannoli Shells Substitutes

• crushed waffle cones
• baked pie crust
• graham cracker crumbs
• almond crushed cookies IE Amaretti
• chocolate wafer cookies
• chocolate chip cookies crushed
• shortbread cookies crushed
• sugar ice cream cones crushed
• ladyfingers
• sponge cake other cake crumbs
• crushed butter-flavored pretzels

Ingredients You Will Need Holiday Cannoli Mousse

• Whipped Heavy Cream
• Ricotta Cheese Whole Milk
• powdered sugar plus 2 tablespoons
• pureed cannoli shells ( or use sugar ice cream cones, waffle cones, graham crackers with cinnamon, ground butter-flavored pretzels or Amaretti cookies) ground in a food processor till fine. Save some for garnishing.
• cinnamon if using graham crackers with cinnamon omit
• vanilla
• miniature chocolate chips
• ground shelled pistachios or slivered almonds tinted green for garnish
• maraschino cherries for garnish

The Filling

The whipped cream and the ricotta combined with a little sugar make this a delicious mousse with rich and thick filling.

The rest of the flavor combinations are just an easy layer of each ingredient that will transform into this deliciously decadent dessert.

Serving Glasses

I love to mix and match serving glasses.



They look so elegant in all different kinds.



I chose wine glasses, shot glasses, champagne glasses, and parfait cups.



The individual easy-to-prepare style glasses give everyone their own style and special holiday dessert.

Tips

• Always chill the bowl for whipping the cream and the beaters
• I always taste the ricotta and the cream to ensure it's sweet enough after adding sugar
• You can add other flavorings other than vanilla-like orange or lemon rind grated 
• You can dip the cherries in chocolate or use fresh strawberries on top
• Almonds can  be tinted with green food coloring if you don't use pistachios 
• If you want a nice swirling effect use a piping cake decorating bag to fill your cups with I taste the filling before just following any recipe.
• If you want sweeter add more powdered sugar.
• We love cinnamon I add more or less depending on the crust
•  I also love Amaretto or almond flavoring with chopped pistachios in the filling with swirls of hot fudge sauce. Create your own experience and dessert you like

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Holiday Cannoli Mousse

Yield: 8

Author: Claudia Lamascolo

prep time: 10 Mcook time: 1 hourtotal time: 1 H & 10 M

This is a no-bake cannoli mousse parfait rich with all the flavors of a cannoli but deconstructed in individual parfait glasses to celebrate festively at Christmas

ingredients:

• 2 cups Whipped Heavy Cream
• 1 16 ounces container of Whole Milk Ricotta Cheese
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar plus 2 tablespoons
• 1 1/2 cup pureed cannoli shells ( or use sugar ice cream cones, waffle cones, graham cracker with cinnamon, ground butter flavored pretzels or Amaretti cookies) ground in a food processor till fine. Save some for garnishing.
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon if using graham crackers with cinnamon omit
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 of miniature chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup ground shelled pistachios or slivered almonds tinted green for garnish
• maraschino cherries for garnish
• Parfait cups or shot glasses in different sizes or just fancy plastic cups

instructions:

How to cook Holiday Cannoli Mousse

1. Place the crust you're using IE cannoli shells into the food processor adding the cinnamon until they are ground fine. Set aside.
2. In a chilled glass bowl, beat the whipped cream using 1/4 cup powdered sugar until soft peaks form.
3. In another bowl, mix 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar and vanilla, and cinnamon into the ricotta cheese, fold in 1/4 cup mini chips and the whipped cream until evenly blended into the ricotta. 
4. Save the rest of the mini chips for the top for garnish and cannoli crumbs.
5. Starting with the ground cannoli shells, layer the parfait glass with any shape of your choice on the bottom of your glass. 
6. Spoon the mousse on top of the crushed cannoli shells. 
7. Garnish the cannoli mousse with ground pistachios, more mini chocolate chips, and a maraschino cherry on top.
8. You can eat them right away, make them ahead of time the night before needed.
9. Store leftovers in the refrigerator.

Calories
225

Fat (grams)
15

Sat. Fat (grams)
6

Carbs (grams)
15

Net carbs
8

Sugar (grams)
21

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