Short & Sweet #7: UNICORN POOP

Sometimes, we just need a little bit of fun and color in our lives! So a couple of weeks ago, I hit up my Master Chef in training friend, Tony, to share with me a magical baking experience. This recipe is gonna make you wanna vomit rainbows. And...technically...you be able to given how colorful these cookies come out. But that's if you got sick. Which these cookies wouldn't as long as you baked them correctly and/or do not have the stomach flu. 

I digress. 

So off we go! To a wondrous land of bright, neon colors and delicious sweet things. Tony also had his girlfriend and roommate help us out for the video, which turned out to be a TON of fun. And while we did not succeed in creating Unicorn Poop initially, we did enjoy ourselves by making actual poops with the cookie dough. What do you expect from a few 20-somethings? 

Anyways, our first pass at the colorful cookies did not go well. We didn't freeze the dough as long as we should have, which resulted in a giant (albeit delicious) mess. 

Chill your dough, kids. Lesson learned. 

Honestly, none of us really cared about how textbook perfect these would come out. We all just had a great time messing around with cookie dough and exchanging stories. So hopefully, you can take this recipe and gather your friends and family too! Let the shenanigans happen. That's how magic works. 

Unicorn Poop

3 rolls sugar cookie dough

Food coloring (colors of the rainbow!)
Flour
Edible sparkle gel
Decorations (star sprinkles, pearls, etc)
Imagination
Magic

1. Preheat oven to specified temperature on cookie dough package.
2. Cut each roll of dough in half. Place into separate bowls. Color each segment of dough whatever color you desire. The brighter the better, of course.
3. Lightly flour your working surface. Taking a small amount from each color, roll dough into thin strips. Place each strip together into one long snake. Smoosh it all together a little.
4. With one hand on either end of your snake, move them in opposite directions. Roll one end up and one end down. This should create the spiral effect.
5. Shape your snake into your desired poop shape.
6. Chill formed poops until firm.
7. Bake for 5-8 minutes.
8. Decorate! Take a clean brush and spread edible sparkle gel all over your baked poops. Then, put whatever sparkly, colorful things you want on them.
9. Enjoy! And go look for your own unicorns! Maybe they'll grant you a wish or two!