How To Dye Hard Boiled Eggs 9 Ways Easily

Are you wondering how to dye hard-boiled eggs? I have 9 ways to share with you that are easy and you can still eat the egg afterward.

How To Dye Hard Boiled Eggs supplies

• Bowls
• Eggs
• Water
• Vinegar
• Gloves
• Food Coloring
• Rubber Band
• Cool Whip
• Paint Brush
• Ice
• Rice
• Baggie

How do you make a hard-boiled egg?

If you want easy-peel hard-boiled eggs you’ll love this really easy tutorial and recipe.

Once you have made your hard-boiled eggs you’ll be ready to have some fun and dye them. You’ll want to be careful when selecting how you dye your eggs because eggs are porous and certain paints, dyes, etc will make your egg non-editable. The below options are edible ways to dye your eggs.

how To Dye Hard Boiled Eggs Instructions

1. Basic egg dye instructions

• Start by placing 1/2 cup boiling water into a 1 cup container.

• Add 1 tablespoon vinegar to the water.

• Add drops of food coloring of your choice. The more drops you add the darker the color will be.
• Repeat this process for as many dye colors as you want.
• You can simply stop here, place your egg in the dye and let it soak for at least 5 minutes. If you soak the egg less, it will result in a lighter egg, and if you soak it longer it’ll result in a deeper color. Pull your egg out and let it dry.

2. Rubber Band Dyed Eggs

• Wrap your eggs with rubber bands.

• Place your egg into the dye and let it soak for at least 5 minutes. If you soak the egg less, it will result in a lighter egg, and if you soak it longer it’ll result in a deeper color.

• Pull the egg out of the dye, let it dry, and then remove the rubber bands. I had 1 of the rubber bands slip off in the dye, but I’m still happy with how it turned out.

Note: when working with food coloring you might want to wear gloves safe for working with food. The food coloring will dye your hands.

3. Speckled Dyed Eggs

• Start with dying your egg in one color. In this picture, you’ll see I dyed mine yellow.
• Let the egg dry
• Place another food coloring onto a pan, plate, or bowl.
• Dip a paintbrush into the dye, and flick the bristles at the egg to create a speckled look
• Let the dye dry

4. Oil Dyed Eggs

• Start with dying your egg in one color.
• Let the egg dry
• In a second color, add 1 tablespoon oil (I used avocado oil)

• Dip the egg into the second dye with the oil, dunk a couple of times
• Remove the egg and let it dry completely.

5. Invisible Drawing Dye

• Use a white wax crayon and draw a design on the white egg. You can use a color crayon but you’ll be able to see the design and it won’t be invisible. The waxier the crayon the better it’ll work.
• Place the egg into the dye and let it soak for at least 5 minutes.

• Remove the egg and let it dry.

6. Ice tye-dyed egg

• Place a cooling rack onto a baking sheet so the dripping ice has a place to go.
• Place a layer of ice on the cooling rack
• Add drops of food coloring to the ice

• Place the egg onto the ice and food coloring
• Surround and cover the egg with more ice
• Add drops of food coloring over the ice

• Let the ice melt away
• Let the egg dry

7. Rice Dyed Egg

• Place rice into a baggie
• Add drops of food coloring, the more drops the darker the color
• Close the baggie and give it a shake until the food coloring coats all of the rice.

• Place an egg into the baggie
• Close the bag
• Give the bag a shake to coat the egg.

• Remove the egg and let it air dry completely.

8. Baking soda dyed egg

• Place baking soda into a small bowl
• Add drops of food coloring to the baking soda
• Add a little water
• Mix together to make a paste. You can add a little more baking soda or water to create the paste consistency.

• Place an egg in a bowl
• Use spoons to drop the baking soda paste colors onto the egg
• Let it stand for about 5 minutes

• Pour vinegar over the egg to dissolve the baking soda away.

• Remove the egg from the bowl, rinse with water, and let it dry.

9. Cool Whip Dyed Eggs  

Why cool whip instead of shaving cream?  Well from the research I have found, egg peels are porous and I wasn’t sure I wanted to eat eggs dipped in shaving cream.

• There are so many ways to do this – you can fill a pan with cool whip or individual bowls.  It really depends on if you’re going for a single color or tie-dye look.

• Place your eggs in vinegar for approximately 2 minutes.  This will make step helps the shell take on the dye better.
• Place your cool whip in the container of your choice.  Add drops of food color.

• Use a toothpick or utensil of your choice and swirl in the color.

• Place your egg in the mixture – dip, roll, etc until you get the egg covered.
• Let the egg sit for 30 minutes.

• Wipe the egg clean and you’re done!

How To Dye Hard Boiled Eggs Video

Non Edible Option Way To Dye Plastic Eggs

(Again since eggs are porous, I did this technique to spruce up a plastic egg.)

• Put water in a disposable container or something you don’t mind getting dirty. 
• Add a few drops of nail polish and watch for it to expand. If it does not expand, it won’t work.

• Dip, roll, etc your egg in the mixture.

• Set out to dry.
• That’s all there is to it!

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