How to Dye Easter Eggs with Food Coloring
No need to buy a pricey egg decorating kit! Use this simple How to Dye Easter Eggs with Food Coloring guide to create beautiful colored eggs with items you already have at home.
Servings: 12 eggs
Ingredients
- 12 hard boiled eggs
- various colors of food coloring
- white vinegar
- boiling water
Instructions
- Protect your table with old towels or wax paper. Set out the mason jars, spoons, hard boiled eggs, food colorings, and white vinegar. You will need one jar for each color you plan on using. Check the back of the food coloring box to see the different colors you can create by combining the colors.
- To each container, carefully add 1 to 1 ½ cups boiling water. Do not overfill and remember to allow room for the egg. Stir in 1 tablespoon white vinegar.
- Add 6 to 10 drops of desired colors into each jar and stir.
- Using a spoon, place eggs into the container,ideally one per container. Allow the eggs to sit for 5 minutes or more in the dye solution. The longer the egg rests in the dye, the darker the color willbe.
- Remove the eggs and place on a wire rack over paper towel or wax paper until completely dry.
Notes
Tips, Tricks, and FAQs
- Protect your work surface. Food coloring is food safe but it will stain your table and clothes.
- Use lemon juice if you do not have vinegar.
- Food color gels are great to use, in place of regular food coloring.
- It's not recommended to dye raw eggs due how fragile they are.
- The longer you leave the eggs in the colored water, the deeper the color will be.
- You can dye brown eggs! They will turn out a bit darker and even a little speckled.
- Get creative with decorating your eggs.
- Store completed dyed eggs in the refrigerator for up to a week.