I was able to make it work by adding these two lines to my theme’s functions.php file:
add_filter( 'widget_text', 'shortcode_unautop');
add_filter( 'widget_text', 'do_shortcode');
The Custom HTML Widget now correctly executes the shortcode function and outputs the result.
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