Thanks for posting your Cannoli filling Mama. Would you have a recipe for the shells too, and a suggestion for what could be used for the tube besides a store bought gadget?
I guess that when it comes to chocolate chips, besides the usual of cookies, cakes or brownies I usually use them for pancakes. I just use my basic buttermilk pancake batter, before I add the liquid I add two very ripe mashed bananas and chopped walnuts. I then add the liquid and then after I put a 1/4 cup of batter on the griddle I sprinkle on a small hand full of chocolate chips. With the same recipe, separating the eggs, beating the whites and folding them into the batter works well for waffles too.

several people on another forum use crepes for cannoli? Haven't tried it myself, but these are good cooks whose advice I have taken in the past with excellent results.
Merry Christmas,
Nan

2 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
1/2 cup of extra fine sugar
1/4 cup of dry, white wine
Pinch salt
1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon
2 tablespoons of honey
1 egg white

FILLING:
10 ounces of Ricotta cheese
1/2 cup of extra fine granulated sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla
4 tablespoons of milk
2 tablespoons of chocolate chips

Place flour directly on large board or table. Make a well in the center of the flour; gently fill well with wet ingredients; wine, honey, sugar, salt, whole egg, egg white and cinnamon. Mix texture thoroughly until stiff. Shape into ball, wrap in plastic and chill for two hours. Working with one piece of dough at a time, roll out on lightly floured surface. Roll out thin. Cut dough into 4 inch squares. Wrap each square diagonally around metal or wooden cannoli form and fasten with egg white. Keep dry in oil until golden brown. Fry a few at a time. Cool slightly and remove from forms. Combine and beat together the Ricotta cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Stir in milk. Add chocolate chips. Refrigerate until ready to use. Just before serving, fill cannoli shells with Ricotta filling and sprinkle shells with confectioners sugar. Shells may be stored for up to two months in an air tight, sealed container.

Love chocolate chips in cookies....my favorite is Double Crinkles...chocolate cookies with chocolate chips, rolled in powdered sugar.

howefortunate - do you have the recipe to sahre with us all?