A hand with red-painted nails dips a cracker into a creamy dessert topped with chocolate chips, cinnamon, and sliced strawberries, served on a plate. Bowls of strawberries and crackers are in the background.

This Easy Cannoli Dip is a creamy, sweet Italian-inspired dessert made with ricotta, cream cheese, chocolate chips, and vanilla. It has all the flavors of a classic cannoli filling but comes together in minutes and is perfect for dipping with crushed waffle cones. It’s simple, crowd-pleasing, and perfect for holidays, parties, or a quick no-bake dessert. If you like this dip, try my Cherry Pie Dip and my Buckeye Dip.

Ricotta cheese, Mexican vanilla blend, powdered sugar in a bowl, mini chocolate chips in a measuring cup, cream cheese, and ground cinnamon are arranged on a wooden countertop in a kitchen setting.

A box of Publix Sugar Ice Cream Cones, featuring an image of a waffle cone with a scoop of pink ice cream, sits on a kitchen counter with a dessert and other kitchen items in the background.

These waffle cones are so delicious with this dip! 🙂

A woman in a maroon dress smiles while holding a plate of dessert topped with strawberries in a bright kitchen. A bowl of strawberries and a bowl of chips are on the counter in front of her.

A close-up of a creamy dessert dip with chocolate chips, dusted with cocoa powder and garnished with fresh strawberry slices. A hand dips a piece of graham cracker into the mixture. Bowls of strawberries and crackers sit nearby.

Before Cooking

When you make a traditional Italian cannoli filling, there’s usually one ingredient you’ll see that’s not in this dip — citron. It’s a candied citrus fruit that adds a bright, slightly chewy texture to the filling and gives it that classic old-school bakery flavor.

For this dip, I skip it to keep things simple and more crowd-friendly, but if you love that authentic taste, you can absolutely mix a little in.

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Another important tip — you never want to overmix or overheat your filling. When you’re beating the ricotta and cream cheese together, keep it quick — about 10–15 seconds is all you need. Overmixing can make the texture too loose instead of that thick, creamy consistency you want in a cannoli filling.

Simple, but it makes all the difference.

Melissa Jo

Cannoli Dip

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This Easy Cannoli Dip is a creamy, no-bake dessert made with ricotta, cream cheese, chocolate chips, and vanilla. It’s quick to make and perfect for dipping with crushed waffle cones for a simple, crowd-pleasing treat.

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Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Servings: 5 people

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients

8 oz pack cream cheese softened
15 oz container of ricotta I love Polly-O brand
1½ cups confectionery sugar
1 cup mini chocolate chips
1 tsp vanilla I love Molina Mexican Vanilla Blend
serve with cinnamon do NOT skip cinnamon sprinkle over top
crushed waffle cones

Method

First, combine cream cheese (softened) and one 15 oz container of ricotta
Then beat together the cream cheese and ricotta with an electric mixer for 15-30 seconds. Do NOT overbeat, this will make it runny. Just until combined.
Next, with a spatula or spoon mix in 1 & 1/2 cups confectionery sugar, 1 cup mini chocolate chips, and 1 tsp vanilla
Cover the mixture and chill it in the refrigerator a few hours before serving
Finally, sprinkle with plenty of cinnamon and serve with some crushed waffle cones and strawberries to dip!