Cannolis are 1 of the most overrated desserts EVER

Yep. We'd leave the cannoli, and take the gun.

Blame the Godfather OP.

Macaroons by far the most overrated with cupcakes not far behind. I love a good cannoli.

It depends on the filling. Some cannolis are made with a bland ricotta. Those are awful. NY cannolis are the best.

Agreed. First time I tried one I was expecting a light creamy filling like whipped cream.

For years, I celebrated my birthday with a Cannoli Cake from Ferrara's in New York City. It was a layered yellow cake with chocolate chips and pistachio nuts and soaked in rum or amaretto, with cannoli cream between the layers. It was topped with either a whipped cream frosting or a butter frosting. It was DELICIOUS, but very high in calories (surprise).

I like 'em deep fried.

Ferrara's is the best -- spiced marscapone filling. Yum. Veniero's comes close.

Aw, I miss very little about New York, but Ferrara's - yummmmmm.

I agree w/ R3. The obsession with macaroons is really odd to me.

Are macaroons the coconut things ir the expensive pastel cookies?

Macaroons are the coconut things. Macarons are the cookies that look like puffy Oreos.

Oh woops - macarons are the pastel cookies (made mostly of meringue which I don't like anyway).

Macaroons are the coconut things.

my grandma made The Best Cannolis.

I agree that cannolis are a disappointment. Here's another Data Lounge thread: "I dont' like Italian pastries."

I agree and I don't even like the outside shell. So if I'm in the mood I make the filling alone and it's very simple. It's a waste for me to buy them in Italian bakeries because I'm throwing half away.

Cannolis are so SEXUAL!

love to dip a crunchy cannolo in a hot foamy cappuccino.

Turkish/Arab desserts are worse. Baklava is so sweet it's vile/headache inducing. But they traditionally drink strong coffee with no sugar to go along with the sweet so I see why it's so sugary.

Rigot pie with pineapple for Easter

R20....before i saw your name i was gonna say Carmela, is that you?? remember when she brought one to that woman trying to get meadow into college?

Tiramisu is worse than cannolis, and I don't love cannolis either. I've been to Ferrara's and other places - they are BETTER, but they're still not a great dessert. Pannetone? Nah. Zabalone? Ick. Panna cotta? Yawn.

And don't get me started on those tasteless Italian cookies. How can Italian food be so great and then they just fuck up dessert? I guess if you have great wine, food and coffee, dessert must be a comedown to signal to stop eating.

Very overrated

The US versions are a sad facsimile. Cannoli are not easy to find in Italy outside of parts of the South (Sicily). They're much easier to find in the US but they're usually awful. They require the freshest ingredients to be any good.

you can easily find cannoli everywhere in italy. we now even have shops that only make cannoli, filled on the spot.

“Macaroons” is an an antiquated term for mixed race people. Not much used outside the South.

Butterscotch hard candies are a competitor for the worst dessert ever.

Hate cannoli.

Love tiramisu.

One of the reasons I do enjoy Data Lounge is that I can anonymously post that I also find cannolis overrated. What's the big deal? Fried crunchy dough stuffed with chalky tasting cream.

I avoid cannolis, cheesecake and jello. There are many other better desserts.

It's like fucking cheesecake in a tube!

Obviously you've never sucked Italian cock.

Agree, OP. I don't get it. It's fried crust filled with overly-sweetened creamy cheese. Big whoop.

Actually I know Dee Plorable, and her common law husband’s name is Ry Twinger.

They aren’t easy to make at home and they don’t keep. So it’s a scarcity thing. Like strawberry shortcake. I love the strawberry shortcake they have at the Cheesecake Factory (yes, I admit it). It’s not a special gourmet dessert. But I don’t often have slightly stale biscuits, fresh strawberries, ice cream, heavy cream, and a fresh cartridge lying around at home all the time. But I have tried to drag shopping partners into a Cheesecake Factory to split a shortcake.

Imagine if we didn’t have refrigeration and you could only get ice cream at a limited number of locations. It would be a big deal.

Agree, OP. They're one of those things we're supposed to believe -like Jenn Aniston is beautiful.

Italians are not the best bakers. The Germans are. The jury is out when it comes to opera tho.

OP, Cannoli is already plural. No "s" at the end..

[Quote] Turkish/Arab desserts are worse. Baklava is so sweet it's vile/headache inducing.

[Quote] Turkish/Arab desserts are worse. Baklava is so sweet it's vile/headache inducing.

Try indian sweets for sickeningly sweet.