I want to make canolis. Where can I get canoli tubes?!

I want to make canolis. Where can I get canoli tubes?

Me and my boyfriend want to make canoli's but no stores seem to carry Canoli tubes!!! Do I have to special order them from a fancy site?Or can I make my own by using some sort of metal? Please help I don't want to have to look on a site to buy a Canoli tube. Would Ikea or some sort of store like pampered chef carry them? Help please.

7 hours ago
I was wondering also if any old metal tube from home depot or lowes would do?

The other answers are right but even if you do find them in a Italian deli or specialty store, they come packed in 3's so you will have to buy 3-4 pacages and that may cost you $10-20.

I have a friend in Toronto Canada who owns a bakery/restaurant and he uses of all things wooden dowels, the 3 inch thick ones, they are good for 2 reasons, they do not bend and they release the cannoli shell faster and do not retain the heats long so you can handle them quicker.

Just go to the Home Depot or Lowes, even you local lumber yard and ask for a piece of 3 " dowel, some will cut it for you, at no extra cost or $1.00 for the work, just get them to cut a 6 or 8 foot piece in 6" sections so with a 6 you get 12 and an 8 you get 16, just after using them wash them in warm water and a little soap, so as they do not pick up the flavour, and air dry them, they will last forever, he has used the same ones since his father and Uncle Sal opened the place in 1963.

I even saw a show on the FoodNetwork were another place used them also, not a secret just not common knowledge.