Cannoli Filling

3 cups ricotta cheese
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 square unsweetened chocolate, grated or 1/2 tbsp cocoa
1/2 tsp vanilla
3 tbsp chopped citron peel
3 tbsp chopped candied orange peel
6 glace cherries, cut up

Mix ricotta thoroughly with sifted dry ingredients. Add vanilla and fruit peel. Mix and blend well. Chill in refrigerator before filling shells.

Fill cold cannoli shells; smooth filling evenly at each end of shell. Decorate each end with a piece of glace cherry and sprinkle shells with confectioners' sugar. Refrigerate until ready to serve.