Tag: food coloring

I had every intention of making naturally dyed eggs this year. Every. Intention. Then I realized I did not leave myself enough time to prepare and create the dyes. Going natural is a labor of love that I would still love to do…next year.

This year, I dyed a small amount of eggs using food coloring, vinegar and water. It was a lot quicker, a lot simpler, and I was pretty happy with the results!

SUPPLIES

• 4 16 ounce mason jars
• 8 teaspoons of vinegar (2 for each color/jar)
• 4 cups of water (1 for each color/jar)
• Food coloring of your choice
• 8 hard boiled eggs

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Prepare each mason jar by adding two teaspoons of vinegar to each one.
2. Boil the four cups of water and carefully pour one cup into each mason jar.
3. Add drops of food coloring to create the desired shade (don’t be afraid to add a lot, I used 40 drops of blue in one jar) and stir until the color, vinegar and water are well incorporated.
4. Gently add two eggs to each color, allow the the water to cool slightly, then seal the lids and put them in the refrigerator overnight.
5. Remove the mason jars from the refrigerator and carefully remove the eggs from the dye, then drain the rest.
6. Rinse the eggs, gently rubbing with your fingers to remove the darker colored film covering the eggs.
7. Gently pat the eggs dry with paper towels.

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I used the mason jars I had available, which were 16 ounces with regular mouths. I dyed two eggs within each jar; I probably could have crammed 3 eggs into each jar, but I didn’t think that would have given them an even coating of the dye. Please feel free to multiply the recipe and enjoy!