Cannoli Bars
Cannoli, but in easy to make bar form
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Yield: 16 Bars 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
Scale
Crust
- 6 unfilled cannoli shells
- 5 tbs butter (melted)
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
Filling
- 1 8oz package cream cheese (room temperature)
- 1 16oz package ricotta
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp orange zest
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
Crust
- Line a 9x9 inch baking dish with parchment paper.
- Break cannoli shells up into smaller pieces, then add to a food processor and pulse until they became crumbs. Pour the crumbs into a separate bowl and add in the melted butter and sugar and mix until ingredients are combined together. Press mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan.
- Bake crust for 8 minutes in the preheated oven.
Filling
- Mix the cream cheese and ricotta cheese together in a mixing bowl until well combined. Stir in the sugar, eggs, vanilla, orange zest, and cinnamon. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan over the crust. Sprinkle chocolate chips over batter.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour until the edges are golden brown and the center is set. Cool, then refrigerate for at least 4 hours. Sprinkle powdered sugar over bars before serving if preferred.
Notes
If you dont have cannoli shells, you can use 1 and 1/2 cups crushed graham crackers.
If you dont have a food processor you can put them in a ziploc bag and crush them with a rolling pin
Find it online: https://jesslovesbaking.com/2020/06/19/cannoli-bars/