Chocolate Cannoli

Description

Contributed by Healthy Recipes for Diabetic Friends Y-Group

• Source: the Editors of Easy Home Cooking Magazine
• Original recipe
• Yield: Makes 8 servings

Ingredients

• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 square (1 ounce) unsweetened chocolate
• ⅔ cup sucralose-based sugar substitute
• ⅓ cup whole milk ricotta cheese
• 1 teaspoon vanilla or almond extract
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 8 unfilled cannoli shells (½ ounce each)
• 1 teaspoon miniature chocolate chips or chopped pistachio nuts (optional)

Directions

1. Beat cream in medium bowl at high speed of electric mixer until stiff peaks form; set aside.
2. Place chocolate in small microwavable bowl; microwave on high 1 to 2 minutes or until chocolate is melted, stirring at 30-second intervals.
3. Combine sugar substitute, ricotta, vanilla and salt in medium bowl.
4. Stir in melted chocolate.
5. Fold whipped cream into mixture.
6. Spoon or pipe ¼ cup mixture into each cannoli shell.
7. Garnish with chocolate chips or crushed pistachio nuts, if desired.

Nutritional Information

Serving Size: 1 cannoli

• Fiber 1 g | Carbohydrate 12 g | Cholesterol 46 mg | Saturated Fat 10 g | Total Fat 18 g | Calories from Fat 72 % | Calories 230 | Protein 3 g | Sodium 23 mg
• Dietary Exchange: Fat 3 | Starch 1