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    Unicorn Cream Cheese Spread – Natural Food Dye

    BY: Courtney PUBLISHED: Jul 1, 2017 Leave a Comment UPDATED ON: Feb 4, 2018

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    Unicorn Food for Breakfast! Make our Unicorn Cream Cheese Spread for your favorite bagel breakfast! Great for birthday parties PLUS we use natural food dye!

    Unicorn Cream Cheese Spread Bagel Recipe

    Everything is about unicorns! From unicorn toast to unicorn ice cream, there’s a unicorn recipe for everything from breakfast to dessert. We haven’t really tried any unicorn recipes as many of them call for tons of food coloring.

    We do use food coloring sometimes, but it’s usually naturally dyed. We have a few that we love, but they never gave us the colors we wanted. They weren’t vibrant and fun like real food dyes.

    How to Make Unicorn Cream Cheese Spread

    To make your unicorn cream cheese spread you’ll need food coloring. Whether it’s natural or unnatural. The best colors for natural are blue, yellow, and pink. You can also find other natural food dyes on the market, however, we chose natural powdered color for the vibrant colors they give.

    Naturally Dyed Cream Cheese

     

    McCormick Color From Nature, 0.51 ozMcCormick Color From Nature, 0.51 oz

    Then when I was getting Kay something online I saw NATURAL Food Dye Powders. The powders seemed so promising so I picked up a box and had to try it.

    By using color from nature food colors we were able to achieve the fun colors we wanted.

    The colors are vibrant and fun and they actually look like unicorn colors!

    My mini chef was so excited to see her bagel when she woke up. 🙂

    I put some on her bagel with some gold stars to make them even more fun.

    The stars are completely optional but they definitely add the unicorn magic.

    You could also use yellow sprinkles. I didn’t use sprinkles as they are sweet and the cream cheese isn’t.
    Wilton Edible Glitter, Gold Stars, 0.04 OunceWilton Edible Glitter, Gold Stars, 0.04 Ounce

    Once you make your cream cheese you can either mix it to give it another color (green) or keep it separated and spread on so you can see the colors individually. I took a butter knife and put all the colors on and then smeared it. Then for another look, I completely mixed it and then you’ll see it took on a green almost mermaid look.

    Unicorn Food for Breakfast! Make our Unicorn Cream Cheese Spread for your favorite bagel breakfast! Great for birthday parties PLUS we use natural food dye! MixedFlat Lay Unicorn Bagel Breakfast

    How to Make Whipped Cream Cheese Spread

    If you want your cream cheese a little lighter you can simply add in a little bit of milk. This will make it thinner and easier to spread. Give it a good whip with your hand mixer or stand mixer. We used full fat cream cheese, but you can use low fat cream cheese as well for this recipe.

    Food Dye Cream Cheese

    How to Store Your Homemade Cream Cheese Spread

    We like to put our unicorn cream cheese spread into an air tight glass container.

    We’ve had no issues keeping for up to 4 days (haven’t had it longer than that since we eat it up!) 🙂

    Unicorn Breakfast Unicorn Cream Cheese Spread

     

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    Unicorn Cream Cheese Spread Bagel Recipe

    Unicorn Cream Cheese Spread

    Unicorn Food for Breakfast! Make our Unicorn Cream Cheese Spread for your favorite bagel breakfast! Great for birthday parties PLUS we use natural food dye!
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    Course: Breakfast
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Servings: 24
    Calories: 90kcal

    Ingredients

    • 3 8oz bars of cream cheese, room temperature
    • natural food dye
    • gold stars
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    Instructions

    • Whip the cream cheese in a stand mixer until creamy and spreadable. 
      Divide the cream cheese into four equal parts.
      Color one part pink, one part blue, one part yellow, and keep one part plain.
      Once all are fully colored and mixed place into an air tight container to store in the fridge. 
      Do not mix, just place them in if you don't want them to turn green. 
      Spread onto your bagel and sprinkle on some gold stars to enjoy your magical unicorn breakfast bagel!

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    Nutrition

    Serving: 28g | Calories: 90kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 95mg | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 400IU | Calcium: 20mg

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