This beautiful rainbow unicorn dip might be the most magical thing I’ve ever made.
Unicorns are having a moment.
Magical, unicorn-themed food has been completely taking over Pinterest recently, from unicorn hot chocolate, to unicorn bark, to unicorn macarons and unicorn poop cookies (ummm…).
As someone who grew up with Lisa Frank and My Little Pony (please say you are not too young to remember these things!), the recent new profusion of rainbow on instagram and on the internet in general is making me ridiculously happy right now.
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Of course I had to put my own spin on the unicorn dessert trend, and since cheesecake is one of my all-time favorite desserts, it was only natural I’d want to incorporate it into this fairytale-esque rainbow cheesecake dip.
I brought the dip to a Super Bowl party last night and served it with graham crackers.
So basically, it was a bunch of guys watching football while eating unicorn dip from a neon-pink serving bowl.
No one can resist the charms of this magical rainbow dessert!
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And now, if unicorn dip recipes start to take over your instagram and pinterest feeds, you know who to blame.
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This easy-to-make rainbow dip was inspired by my Vegan Cheesecake Recipe.
You whip up the cheesecake batter, portion it into four dishes, then swirl all of your colors together to make one big and beautiful bowl of unicorn cheesecake dip.
The entire process takes about 10 minutes from start to finish, and there is NO baking required.
So how did I come up with the idea for Unicorn Dip in the first place?
My initial idea was actually for something totally different: unicorn banana bread!
That idea did not turn out too well, as the banana bread swallowed up any trace of rainbow filling during the baking process.
But of course I had to sample the filling as I worked.
Some recipes taste good but look ugly; some recipes look good but taste just okay – This is one recipe that looks beautiful and tastes delicious too!
It really is magical!
Watch the unicorn dip recipe video above
In the video, I skipped the four bowls and simply stirred the colors together all in the same bowl. This will produce a darker dip but it still works!
The video shows food coloring, while the photos show the natural version.
Rainbow Unicorn Dip
Ingredients
- 12 oz cream cheese or vegan cream cheese
- 1 cup yogurt (nondairy works too)
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup sugar of choice, or monk fruit for sugar-free
- food coloring OR a pinch turmeric acai powder, spirulina, and blue spirulina
Instructions
- Bring cream cheese to room temperature. Blend all ingredients except the colors until smooth. Although a blender, food processor, or hand blender will yield smoothest results, you can technically stir by hand if you must. Divide among four little dishes and stir a different coloring into each dish. (Be very light-handed if using turmeric and spirulina, as these flavors are strong and a little goes a long way.) Drop spoonfuls of each color into a serving bowl, alternating colors. Then swirl colors together with a spoon. Leftovers can be covered and refrigerated up to three days.View Nutrition Facts
Video
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This looks so delicious. Can I use this rainbow dip as icing on cake?
It can! She has a picture on instagram of using it to frost brownies, or here is a link to the dip used on cupcakes: (I know this one is inside the cupcakes instead of on top, but it’s the same idea!) https://lett-trim.today/rainbow-in-the-dark-cupcakes/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Hi Katie,
Please suggest pairing ideas and different types of crackers as vegan graham crackers are hard to find.
Thanks.
This is an older recipe on her site, but it’s delicious! https://lett-trim.today/2011/11/04/smores-graham-crackers/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
How do I pump this into the Galaxy Cupcakes? Pump in prior to baking the cupcakes or post? Since it is partial “cream cheese” was not certain. I am making the full vegan versions of both cupcakes and unicorn dip.
You just spoon it in afterwards. Cut out a little piece of cupcake (not going all the way down – you don’t want a hole in the very bottom of the cupcake), fill with frosting, then smush the cupcake back on top.
Jason
omg! I want to make this! Would it be good as a cheesecake filling?
Sure 🙂
https://lett-trim.today/unicorn-cheesecake-bars/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Everyone loved it.
Be aware of the colors you are mixing if you choose different ones. The first time I did pink, purple, and teal, which ended up with A LOT of purple….because pink and teal make purple! 😆 So if I had to do it again, I would do less purple to begin with so the end mix is more balanced.
Just a heads up. Again, delicious!
This recipe is featured in Games My Little Pony’s Unicorn Birthday Activities article.
So CNN stole your photo for this and used it in an article for “rainbow fentanyl queso”. I wish I was kidding. They cropped out your watermark, too! I’d send them a nice DMCA so people don’t assume of you.
Now, Thanks to them, I wanna try this recipe! (without the fentanyl, ofc 😂) it looks so cute!
Thanks for letting us know! Do you have a link to the article? We could only find a screenshot of the CNN article on Twitter (with Katie’s photo included), no link that we could use for a dmca.
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Greta recipe! Was wondering if I could add fentanyl to it without affecting the taste? Thanks for answering! :3