Taste of Home
Chocolate Anise Cannoli
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 35 min. Bake: 10 min. + cooling
YIELD: 16 servings.
Here’s that something-special treat you’ve been looking to add to your holiday cookie trays! We guarantee these wonton-wrapped bites with anise, cherries, chocolate, brandy and pistachios will be gone in a twinkling. —Marie Rizzio, Interlochen, Michigan
Ingredients
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16 wonton wrappers
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Butter-flavored cooking spray
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1 tablespoon sugar
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1/4 cup dried cherries
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1 tablespoon cherry brandy
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2 packages (8 ounces each) reduced-fat cream cheese
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1 cup confectioners' sugar
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1/2 cup baking cocoa
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3 tablespoons anise liqueur
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1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
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1/4 cup chopped shelled pistachios
Directions
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1.
Wrap a wonton wrapper around a metal cannoli tube. Moisten corner with water and seal. Transfer to an ungreased baking sheet. Repeat with remaining wrappers. Spritz with cooking spray; sprinkle with sugar.
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2.
Bake at 325° for 10-14 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes. Remove shells from tubes; cool on a wire rack.
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3.
Meanwhile, place cherries in a small bowl. Add brandy; let stand for 10 minutes. Drain and coarsely chop cherries. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, cocoa, liqueur and chopped cherries until blended.
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4.
In a microwave, melt chocolate chips; stir until smooth. Dip shell ends in chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Press into pistachios. Place on waxed paper; let stand until set.
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5.
Pipe filling into prepared shells. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts
1 cannoli: 175 calories, 9g fat (5g saturated fat), 21mg cholesterol, 174mg sodium, 19g carbohydrate (12g sugars, 1g fiber), 5g protein.
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