Peanut Butter Cannoli

Sweet Tension, Gently Filled

Cannoli has always carried a certain ceremony — the crisp shell, the cool cream, the moment just before the first bite. This version finds something unexpected in that tradition: the deep, familiar comfort of peanut butter woven into the ricotta, softening the edges of something already tender. It doesn't reinvent the cannoli so much as whisper a new secret into it. There's something quietly joyful about filling them by hand, one by one, unhurried.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cups ricotta cheese
• 1/2 cups whipped peanut butter
• 1/4 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 tablespoons vanilla extract
• 1 box Alessi Mini Cannoli Shells
• Sprinkles or chocolate chips, to taste

Instructions

1. In a bowl, combine ricotta, peanut butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla and mix well.
2. Using a pastry bag, fill cannoli shells with peanut butter filling.
3. Sprinkle your choice of sprinkles or chocolate chips on the ends of cannolis and serve immediately.