Wafer Menorah

We love working with cannolis. They’re simple to fill, delicious and always make a great dessert.

This Cannoli Menorah is not only a great dessert for Chanukah, but a cute centerpiece too!

You can create this menorah by putting the candles on a tray, directly on the table or for a more sophisticated look, you can have a glass cut to size to use as the base.

Supplies:

• 10 Presidor Cannolis
• small cupcake holders
• cookie dip (optional)
• baking chocolate
• 1- 8 oz dessert whip (such as Richs Whip)
• 2 Tbs instant vanilla pudding
• leaf chocolate mold to be used as flame
• orange royal icing
• sanding sugar
• 2″X15” piece of glass (about five dollars) – optional
• small square glass vase – optional
• glue dots – optional

Assembling the Base:

1. Turn square vase upside down.
2. Place a glue dot in each corner.
3. Lay cut glass on top.
4. Place 9 cupcake holders on the glass.

Assembling the Candles:

1. Melt chocolate in double boiler or microwave.
2. To create the” shamash”, dip the rim of one cannoli in melted chocolate and attach it to the bottom of another cannoli, thereby creating a larger candle.
3. Dip one side of each cannoli (shamash included)into melted cookie dip or chocolate. We like cookie dip because it dries very quickly.
4. Make the flames using the chocolate mold.
5. When chocolate is hard and ready to use, decorate the flames using orange royal icing and sanding sugar.

6.Allow to dry over night.

7.Place dessert whip in the bowl of your mixer and whip until firm and. Add in the  vanilla pudding.

8.Fill a pastry bag (or Freezer Ziploc) with star tip and pipe whip into candles.

9. Place flames on top of the candles.

10.Place cannolis into cupcake holders on the base.