No, these aren't real unicorn poop but if unicorns do poop this is probably what it looks like.
Again, I'm not sharing a recipe here but showing a technique.
First, whip up your favorite sugar cookie recipe (I used the Betty Crocker cookbook). Divide the dough into 6 pieces and die each piece a color (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple). Roll each piece into a 10 inch snake.
Roll out a piece of clear plastic wrap. Lay down the pieces in ROYGBV order side by side. Then carefully wrap them into a log as shown below. Twist the ends to make it tight and refrigerate for 2 hours.
Once the dough has hardened take it out and roll it into a long snake (I dusted the countertop with powdered sugar). As it gets longer you will want to break it in half and continue working with it. Continue rolling and halving it until you get about 1/2" diameter snakes. Cut the snakes into 4" lengths.
Now it's time to shape the cookies. You want to pile them up so they look like, well, poop.
Bake them as directed by your recipe, and cool on a cooling rack.
As they are baking whip up a batch of icing. You don't want anything that will cover up the design of the cookies, so I just mixed powdered sugar and milk into a thin icing (I forgot to sift the sugar which was a big no-no so there were clumps). Spoon it over the cookies when they are still on the cooling rack (put a paper towel underneath because a lot of excess will drip off). I also added some edible shimmer to the cookies with a paintbrush.
And there you have it, the most delicious unicorn poop you've ever tasted!
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