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    Home » Recipes » Kid's Treats

    Unicorn Cakesicles

    Modified: Mar 4, '24 · Published: Jan 7, '20 · By: Beth Klosterboer · Commission earned on paid or sponsored links.

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    Hand-painted white chocolate unicorns are filled with a creamy blend of white cake and vanilla frosting. These Unicorn Cakesicles are perfect for birthday parties, baby showers, and Valentine's Day.

    Colorful hand-painted white chocolate Unicorn Cakesicles filled with a blend of white cake and vanilla buttercream frosting.

    Ever since I crafted my first cakesicles a few months ago, I have been eager to find fun popsicle molds to use to create more cakesicle designs and I have been thrilled to find a skull mold to create Skull Cakesicles for Halloween, and a snowman mold to craft Snowman Cakesicles for Christmas.

    But, when I found the cutest unicorn popsicle mold, I kind of geeked out, I couldn't wait to get into the kitchen to create these sweet Unicorn Cakesicles.

    If you haven't made a cakesicle yet, they are similar to a cake ball only they are made in a popsicle mold, and in this case, the design is already created for you, all you have to do is paint in the colorful decorations.

    White chocolate unicorn cakesicles are hand-painted with bright colors and are filled with a blend of white cake and frosting.

    And these unicorns can be as colorful as you like. I opted to make my unicorns white using white candy melts, then I painted the unicorn's mane using a rainbow of colors.

    To create your cakesicles you first need to bake a cake and I chose to doctor up a white cake mix because it's so easy and it tastes good too. You can make a homemade white cake if you prefer.

    Ingredients:

    white cake mix (I used Duncan Hines® Classic White Cake Mix)
    instant white chocolate or vanilla pudding mix
    sour cream or Greek Yogurt - This will add moisture to your cake.
    water or milk
    vegetable oil
    egg whites
    white frosting

    Candy Melts (compound chocolate, melting wafers, almond bark, or confectionery coating) - You'll need white, bright pink, light pink, red, orange, yellow, green, light blue, dark blue, or bright purple plus either black or dark cocoa. You can use colored wafers or you can color white candy melts using oil-based candy coloring.

    Supplies

    • edible gold luster dust
    • silicone unicorn popsicle molds (I suggest buying at least 6 of these molds)
    • 24 popsicle sticks
    • food-use-only paintbrushes

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    Instructions

    You can see the printable recipe and video at the bottom of this post, but I suggest you read through these detailed step-by-step instructions first. There's important information below.

    Use Duncan Hines White Cake Mix to create creamy cake ball mixture.

    Bake the Cake & Blend with Frosting

    • Preheat your oven to 350° Fahrenheit.
    • Grease and flour a 9 x 13-inch pan or line the pan with non-stick tin foil.
    • Combine the cake mix with the instant pudding mix, sour cream, water, oil, and egg whites.
    • Using an electric mixer, beat on low speed for 30 seconds.
    • Then increase the speed to medium and beat for 2 minutes.
    • Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan.
    • Bake for 24-30 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
    • Allow the cake to cool completely.
    • If you want your cake ball filling to be really white, then carve off the top of the cake to remove the browned cake.
    • Crumble the cake into a large mixing bowl.
    • Stir in ¼ cup of frosting.
    • Add more frosting if desired until the cake comes together.

    I like to use a stand mixer when blending my cake ball filling but mixing it by hand works well too. Just use your hands to really blend it together once you get the frosting mixed in. This will help to create a really smooth filling.

    melting colored candy melts in a water bath in an electric skillet alongside white candy melts in a melter.

    Melt the candy melts.

    You'll start by melting your candy melts. You can use the microwave, a double boiler, a water bath in an electric skillet, or a melting pot.

    If you don't have experience melting or working with compound chocolates, be sure to read my Chocolate Making Tips page for detailed instructions.

    hand-painting candy melts into a silicone unicorn mold

    Paint chocolate into the mold.

    • Dip a clean, food-use-only, fine-tipped paintbrush into the pink candy melts.
    • Dab the candy over the rose cavity in the mold.
    • Then dip another clean paintbrush into the light pink candy melts and paint on the inner triangle in both of the unicorn's ears.
    • Now begin to paint the mane by dabbing in dark blue or bright purple into the tuft of hair that is closest to the rose.
    • Continue to paint the tufts of hair in this order: light blue, green, yellow, orange, and red.
    • Use a very fine paintbrush to paint the eyelashes using black or dark cocoa candy melts.
    • Pop the mold into the freezer for about 3 minutes until the candy hardens.
    • Remove the mold and let it sit at room temperature for 10 minutes.
      • Your mold must not be cold when you add in the white chocolate.
    • Make sure your white chocolate is not hot to the touch, then fill the entire mold with white chocolate.
    • Carefully invert the mold over your bowl of white chocolate and allow the wet candy to drip out of the mold.
    • Shake the mold and allow more to drip out until you just have a nice thin coating around the interior of the mold.
    • Use a metal scraper to scrape off the excess so that the edge is nice and clean.

    NOTE: If you want to keep your chocolate melted and warm for hours you can set your jars into a water bath in an electric skillet.

    Insert a wooden popsicle stick into the wet white chocolate in the silicone unicorn mold.

    Insert a popsicle stick.

    • Immediately insert a wood popsicle stick into the mold while the white chocolate is still wet.
    • Pop the mold in the freezer for about 5 minutes just until the white candy melts harden.
    Step-by-step images showing how to fill a white chocolate unicorn with cake ball filling before covering it in more white chocolate. Then brush edible gold luster dust over the horn.

    Fill the mold with cake and finish the pops.

    • Let the mold sit for about 10 minutes to come to room temperature.
    • Press the cake ball filling into the mold and, if necessary, under the popsicle stick.
    • Fill the mold to about ⅛th inch from the top edge.
    • Spoon white chocolate over the top of the cake ball filling and spread it into an even layer.
    • Scrape over top using a metal scraper to remove all of the excess chocolate.
    • Freeze for about 5 minutes until the candy hardens.
    • Then unmold the unicorn and allow it to warm to room temperature.
    • Brush a light dusting of edible gold luster dust over the unicorn's horn.
    • You can package your cakesicles in clear cellophane bags tied with a ribbon to give as birthday party favors or you can arrange them on a platter to serve as dessert.

    Video

     

    If you'd like to learn more about making chocolates at home, be sure to check out my video courses at The Sugar Academy.

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    Colorful hand-painted white chocolate Unicorn Cakesicles filled with a blend of white cake and vanilla buttercream frosting.
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    Unicorn Cakesicles
    Prep Time
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    Hand-painted white chocolate unicorn cakesicles filled with a blend of white cake and frosting. These colorful treats make fun birthday party desserts.

    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: birthday desserts, birthday party, cake pops, cakesicles, kid's treats
    Servings: 24
    Author: Beth Klosterboer
    Ingredients
    • 1 baked white cake (either use a 9x13-inch cake or two 8-inch rounds)
    • ¼ - ½ cup white frosting
    • 32 ounces white compound chocolate (confectionery coating, candy melts or almond bark)
    Either use the food coloring to color your white compound chocolate or swap out colored candy melts.
    • oil-based food coloring (optional)
    • 2 ounces each (bright pink, light pink, purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red, and black) candy melts
    Instructions
    1. Dip a clean, food-use-only, fine-tipped paintbrush into the pink candy melts.
    2. Dab the candy over the rose cavity in the mold.
    3. Then dip another clean paintbrush into the light pink candy melts and paint on the inner triangle in both of the unicorn’s ears.
    4. Now begin to paint the mane by dabbing in dark blue or bright purple into the tuft of hair that is closest to the rose.
    5. Continue to paint the tufts of hair in this order: light blue, green, yellow, orange, and red.
    6. Use a very fine paintbrush to paint the eyelashes using black or dark cocoa candy melts.
    7. Pop the mold into the freezer for about 3 minutes until the candy hardens.
    8. Remove the mold and let it sit at room temperature for 10 minutes.
    9. Your mold must not be cold when you add in the white chocolate.
    10. Make sure your white chocolate is not hot to the touch, then fill the entire mold with white chocolate.
    11. Carefully invert the mold over your bowl of white chocolate and allow the wet candy to drip out of the mold.
    12. Shake the mold and allow more to drip out until you just have a nice thin coating around the interior of the mold.
    13. Use a metal scraper to scrape off the excess so that the edge is nice and clean.
    14. Insert a wooden popsicle stick into the wet white chocolate in the silicone unicorn mold.
    15. Immediately insert a wood popsicle stick into the mold while the white chocolate is still wet.
    16. Pop the mold in the freezer for about 5 minutes just until the white candy melts harden.
    17. Step-by-step images showing how to fill a white chocolate unicorn with cake ball filling before covering it in more white chocolate. Then brush edible gold luster dust over the horn.
    18. Let the mold sit for about 10 minutes to come to room temperature.
    Cake Ball Filling
    1. Cut off the browned edges of the cake then crumble into really small pieces.

    2. Stir in at least ¼ cup of frosting until the cake ball filling is smooth.

    3. Press cake ball filling into the mold and, if necessary, under the popsicle stick.
    4. Fill the mold to about ⅛th inch from the top edge.
    5. Spoon white chocolate over top of the cake ball filling and spread it into an even layer.
    6. Scrape over top using a metal scraper to remove all of the excess chocolate.
    7. Freeze for about 5 minutes until the candy hardens.
    8. Then unmold the unicorn and allow it to warm to room temperature.
    9. Brush a light dusting of edible gold luster dust over the unicorn’s horn.

    If you like these unicorn treats you might also enjoy making these:

    These Magical Unicorn Cupcakes made with White Reese's Cups and Candy Clay will be the hit of any birthday party. With their rainbow colored manes, gold candy horns, and expressive little eyes, these mythical creatures come to life in the sweetest form.

    Unicorn Cupcakes

    two white chocolate strawberry unicorns set on a purple and pink watercolor background with fresh strawberries set behind

    Unicorn Strawberries

    Pretzel Unicorns Magical Valentine's Day Candy

    Unicorn Pretzels

    Three Unicorn Rice Krispie Treats on lollipop sticks are standing up in front of a blue sky backdrop

    Unicorn Rice Krispie Treats

    You won't believe how easy it is to transform a 9x13 sheet cake into this delightful Rainbow Unicorn Cake with a colorful candy clay (modeling chocolate) mane and tail.

    Unicorn Cake

    I hope you enjoy making these cute Unicorn Cakesicles.

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    Beth Klosterboer
    Beth Klosterboer
    Hi, I'm Beth Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    1. Lisa B says

      June 29, 2021 at 9:43 pm

      Like cannot find the unicorn mold on Amazon.

      Reply
      • Beth says

        July 03, 2021 at 11:27 am

        This seller has a few left in inventory. You can get them here - https://amzn.to/3hdczXu (affiliate link)

        Reply
    2. Karen @ Sugartown Sweets says

      March 29, 2020 at 10:35 pm

      Your unicorn cakesicles are absolutely perfect!! I will have to go and check out all of your cakesicle creations! 🙂

      Reply
      • Beth says

        April 01, 2020 at 6:59 pm

        Thank you, Karen. I hope you enjoy my other cakesicle creations too.

        Reply
    3. Cheryl says

      January 15, 2020 at 4:58 am

      I just finished making a batch of cakesicles. Your instructions and video were so very helpful! I can't wait to serve them at my daughter's birthday party this weekend. Thank you so much for the beautiful recipe!

      Reply
      • Beth says

        January 17, 2020 at 3:20 pm

        I'm happy your unicorn cakesicles turned out and I hope the kids at the party love their sweet treats. Tell your daughter "happy birthday"!

        Reply
    4. The Partiologist says

      January 08, 2020 at 1:03 pm

      I have all of your unicorn treats these are my favorite!!

      Reply
      • Beth says

        January 09, 2020 at 9:18 am

        I'm so happy to hear that! I'm glad you like these Unicorn Cakesicles.

        Reply
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