Coloring your Easter eggs is as easy as 1-2-3. We've got a classic way to give your eggs that standout shade in time for one of the most awaited festivities of the year.
Preparation:
15mins
Cooking:
5mins
Total:
20mins
Serves:
4
Ingredients
1/2Cupboiling water
4Hard-boiled eggsWhite-shelled
1tspvinegar
1tspFood coloring
Instructions
Cover your working surface with paper towel or newspaper so that the dye doesn't go on the surface.
Combine boiling water, vinegar and food color into the bowl.
Dip hard-boiled eggs in dye for about 5 minutes or until it achieves the desired color.
For variety, try dipping the top half in one color and the bottom half in another; or leaving the egg in the dye for different lengths of time. This creates different shades of that color.
Use a slotted spoon or tongs to add or remove eggs from dye.
Following are some color combinations to create a vivid palette of colors for your Easter eggs:
Lime - 24 yellow, 4 green
Purple - 15 blue, 5 red
Cantaloupe - 24 yellow, 2 red
Jade - 17 green, 3 blue
Plum - 10 red, 4 blue
Spearmint - 12 green, 6 yellow, 2 blue
Raspberry - 14 red, 6 blue
Maize - 24 yellow, 1 red
Watermelon - 25 red, 2 blue
Teal - 15 green, 5 blue
Grape - 17 blue, 3 red
Fuchsia - 18 red, 2 blue
Orange Sunset - 17 yellow, 3 red
Jungle Green - 14 green, 6 yellow
Recipe Notes
Aside from trying out a variety of colors to add life to your Easter eggs, don't forget that it is also essential that you cook your hard-boiled eggs right. Keep in mind that aside from opting for solid-colored Easter eggs, you can get creative by experimenting with stripped-designs or even ombre colors to mix things up a bit. There are even other methods you can to dye your eggs to your desired colors - food coloring is just one way to do it.