I shared this post year after year as it is our favorite way to dye Easter eggs. We did it once and we haven't turned back. Fun question for you all, do you hide the eggs that you hard boil and dye? Or do you hide plastic eggs?
Note: I have seen a lot of people complain that they did not get the results that I did or that their color completely wiped off. Follow these tricks and tips below and you shouldn't have any problems
What you need:
White distilled vinegar
12 large eggs
Food coloring
2 containers of Cool Whip
Disposable pan
Paper towels
Toothpicks
Disposable gloves
I made my hard boiled eggs in the Instant Pot and they came out perfect. I used Skinny Taste's recipe and they were cooked perfectly, though 3 cracked.
Do it:
1. Soak your eggs in a bowl filled with the distilled white vinegar for 20 minutes.
2. While your eggs soak, put your Cool Whip into the disposable container. Side note: I get my disposable aluminum pans at Costco. You get about 30 pans for $6. Total steal and they are good quality.
3. Using the food coloring of your choice, add several drops to one side of your pan. Then you can add a second color in if you desire. Repeat this for the other side using other colors.
This isn't enough food coloring, but I just kept adding more after I swirled it until I was satisfied.
4. Using a toothpick or knife, swirl your food coloring in. Make sure it gets swirled in deep into the Cool Whip.
5. Put on your gloves. Take out an egg and pat it dry using a paper towel. Then put your egg in the Cool Whip mixture. Make sure you turn it a couple times allowing the Cool Whip to cover your egg. Leave the egg in the mixture. Let the eggs set for 20 minutes.
6. Rinse off your gloves or get a new pair. Fill a bowl with water and take an egg out of the mixture. Gently place it in the bowl, rolling it around to get off all the Cool Whip. Do NOT run the egg under water. I would do a few eggs and then change the water out.
7. Take the egg out of the water and pat dry with a paper towel.
8. Store in your egg carton.
And it is still one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen!
ReplyDeleteI agree. Such a fun way to color eggs.
DeleteThats a great way to do it!! We hide the plastic ones!
ReplyDeleteWe hide the plastic ones too. But it is fun to color eggs and then eat them as deviled eggs later.
DeleteLove the way your eggs turned out. I need to try this way sometime.
ReplyDeleteIt is such a fun and easy way to do it. We love the bright colors.
DeleteI loved when you shared this last year! So fun & creative. Your eggs turn out great!I have a feeling mine would turn out like a blob.. probably Gray too - EWWWW
ReplyDeleteHaha, that is always a worry. That is why you can't add too much dye and must swirl it carefully.
DeleteWe used to do this too! Some years we hid both plastic and real eggs but I always made sure we found ALL the real eggs and they weren't too hidden. Your eggs turned out beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThat is what is always hard...finding the real eggs and making sure you got them all. I feel like you have to make a map of them. Ha.
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