Name: 30+ BEST Ricotta Desserts
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: 1 15-ounce container whole milk ricotta cheese; 1 Tablespoon cocoa powder; 1/2 cup strong brewed coffee; 1 cup whipping cream; 4 Tablespoons powdered sugar; Chocolate Shavings; Mint Sprigs

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The BEST Desserts with Ricotta Cheese

🕕 How to Make Ahead and Store

ℹ️ Ricotta FAQs

How Long Does Ricotta Cheese Last?

Can you Freeze Ricotta Cheese?

✔️ More Ingredient Guides

30+ BEST Ricotta Desserts

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Wondering how to use up that container of leftover ricotta cheese that’s in the fridge?

It’s easy! Ricotta, a creamy Italian cheese, is such a versatile ingredient that can be used in a variety of dishes. It’s especially delicious in desserts!

Ricotta gives dessert recipes a moist, creamy texture, that I just can’t get enough of…

Here are 30+ of the best ricotta desert recipes. So you no longer have to ask the question – “What can I use ricotta cheese for?”

Seeking something savory? Here’s 25+ more recipes that use ricotta cheese.

The BEST Desserts with Ricotta Cheese

Coffee Mousse is a decadent, airy dessert flavored with coffee & cocoa. Made with whipped cream & ricotta cheese to make it creamy without gelatin.

Coffee Mousse

This Strawberry Ricotta Cake is the most delicious Italian-inspired dessert. The rich ricotta provides the cake with perfect moisture and density and the strawberries make the flavor pop. It’s almost like a combination between a cake and a cheesecake.

Strawberry Ricotta Cake

Ricotta Mousse can be made in just 10-minutes with 4 simple ingredients. This no-bake, make-ahead raspberry mousse is a creamy, decadent and delicious.

Ricotta Mousse

Ricotta cake on piece of parchment before being sliced.

This Blackberry Ricotta Cake is the most delicious Italian-inspired dessert. The rich ricotta provides the cake with perfect moisture and density and the blackberries make the flavor pop. It’s like the best combination of cake and cheesecake.

Blackberry Ricotta Cake

Sicilian Cannoli with Ricotta Filling Recipe.

Get the RECIPE from Stefania’s Kitchenette

A moist and super soft lemon ricotta cake perfect for this time of the year! It has brown butter inside, which makes it super delicious! A real treat!

Get the RECIPE from Healthy Little Cravings

This ricotta tiramisu is slightly different than your traditional version, but it is just as simple and just as delicious.

Get the RECIPE from Justine Snacks

Apple fig cake with creamy ricotta. The perfect early Fall dessert.

Get the RECIPE from Healthy Little Cravings

What’s better than a cannoli? Cannoli cupcakes topped with whipped ricotta frosting and topped with a mini homemade cannoli!

Get the RECIPE from Barley & Sage

A ricotta cheesecake with an Italian twist, with lemon and orange zest, and a dark chocolate spread, inspired by Via Carota ricotta cake.

Get the RECIPE from Juls’ Kitchen

A combination of chocolate marble cake and cheesecake with a creamy chocolate topping, this Italian Chocolate Cake is an absolute must try.

Get the RECIPE from Cakescottage

This whipped lemon ricotta cheesecake is rich and luscious and takes so little effort to make. This unique cheesecake is light, creamy, airy, a touch buttery, lightly sweetened, and perfectly hinted with fresh lemon and vanilla. The best part? There’s no fancy water bath required!

Get the RECIPE from Half Baked Harvest

Celebrate blueberry season with this rich, fluffy, and moist Blueberry Ricotta Pound Cake with sweet cream cheese icing on top!

Get the RECIPE from Emily Laurae

Ricotta Crumb Bars. The super tender crust just melts in your mouth and the cheesecake-like center is much more delicate and soft than a traditional cheesecake made with cream cheese. The crumb topping gives these simple treats a “bakery” finishing touch.

Get the RECIPE from Olga’s Flavor Factory

Silky smooth and bursting with flavor, this Orange Ricotta Cheesecake is a total showstopper!!! Top with orange infused cranberry sauce for the ultimate holiday dessert! Bonus: this can be made ahead of time and frozen for up to two months.

Get the RECIPE from Baker by Nature

This Lemon Ricotta Cookie recipe is so delicious, fluffy, soft and moist. Made with a cake-like consistency and perfect for any occasion!

Get the RECIPE from Kathryns Kitchen Blog

This creamy ricotta-mascarpone mousse recipe is as light as air and pairs perfectly with fresh strawberries marinated in balsamic vinegar. Plus, it’s ready in mere minutes.

Get the RECIPE from Simply Recipes

This easy chocolate chip cannoli dip is made with ricotta, cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla, then served with broken waffle cones for dipping.

Get the RECIPE from Homemade Hooplah

Overhead close up of ricotta toast next to honey wand.

This Sweet Ricotta Toast with Blackberries & Honey is finished with fresh berries & coconut flakes. It’s a deliciously sweet & creamy breakfast or quick snack.

Whipped Ricotta Toast

This is the best rich and moist Italian Lemon Ricotta Cake recipe, topped with whipped cream and fresh berries!

Get the RECIPE from Veronika’s Kitchen

The best Cannoli Cake recipe, an easy from-scratch Italian cake with cannoli filling.

Get the RECIPE from Snappy Gourmet

This 10 minute dessert is a great way to enjoy the fresh delicate flavour of persimmons on a smooth vanilla ricotta base.

Get the RECIPE from End of the Fork

Lemon Ricotta Pound Cake. A totally addicting and delicious lemon pound cake topped with an almond glaze. It is so moist and bursting with bright fresh lemon flavor.

Get the RECIPE from Kristine’s Kitchen

When it comes to the perfect, delicious and flavorful yet easy cake recipe this Strawberry Ricotta Cake is high on the list of must make delicious dessert recipes.

Get the RECIPE from Tornadough Ali

Pastiera Napoletana is a traditional Easter dessert of pie crust filled with a citrusy combination of ricotta, grano cotto, citron, and orange zest topped with a golden crust and powdered sugar.

Get the RECIPE from Sip and Feast

Creamy Italian Ricotta Cheesecake. It’s the perfect recipe to share with a crowd, and it’s make-ahead friendly, meaning you can bake it well in advance and just pull it out of the freezer the night before you plan on serving it!

Get the RECIPE from Baker by Nature

A wonderfully moist peach cake, that is full of fresh peaches and made without oil or butter. Lightly sweet, it’s perfect any time of day.

Get the RECIPE from Seasons and Suppers

A creamy ricotta filling with a hint of lemon and almond is baked inside of a sweet Italian pie pastry. Typically served on Easter, but not exclusively, this Ricotta Pie is the star of the show at any meal.

Get the RECIPE from Everyday Pie

This Raspberry Ricotta Dessert with sour cream and topped with chocolate, is the ultimate easy and impressive sweet treat!

Get the RECIPE from Dani’s Cookings

Make-Ahead Lemon Ricotta Cheesecake. Made with both ricotta and mascarpone, lemon juice and zest, this lemon-ricotta cheesecake is a crowd pleaser and can be made a day in advance.

Get the RECIPE from Alexandra’s Kitchen

🕕 How to Make Ahead and Store

Many of these ricotta cheese dessert recipes can be made ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator for a few days or even in the freezer. Simply check the individual recipes for full storing instructions and details on how to make ahead.

ℹ️ Ricotta FAQs

How Long Does Ricotta Cheese Last?

Once opened, that tub of ricotta cheese should be consumed within 3 to 5 days.

Can you Freeze Ricotta Cheese?

You can freeze ricotta cheese, however, the texture will change once frozen. Frozen ricotta is best in recipes where it is baked, like in this Cheese Manicotti or Ricotta Cake.

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