How to Dye Eggs with (Natural) Food Colouring ⁣⁣

Dyeing and/or colouring eggs was always an Easter tradition growing up. I still have vivid memories of my mom setting out the ceramic bowls, as we eagerly waited for the colours to fill them. As I got older, the tradition slowly faded, but now that I have children of my own, I figured I’d bring it back to life.

Over the weekend, my daughters and I dyed some farm fresh eggs using my mom’s method, only we decided to opt for a natural food colouring. The colours turned out quite pretty and pastel-like. We also accidentally created some subtle pattens using paper towel while drying the eggs, and I’m not mad about it. Not sure I’m crazy about it either. Nonetheless, I’m going to share the process on here.

Things you will need:⁣⁣

. 1 cup boiled water (per colour)⁣⁣

. 1 tsp white vinegar (per cup of water)⁣⁣

. 10 - 20 drops of natural food colouring ⁣⁣

by 𝐿𝑢𝑙𝑢’𝑠 (or other)⁣⁣

. farm fresh egg(s)⁣⁣

. 1 - 2 sheets of paper towel (optional)⁣⁣

. 1 towel for laying out (and avoiding mess)

Directions:

Lay out a dry towel onto surface of choice (to take care of any spills).

Place desired amount of eggs in a pot of cold water, and being to a boil. Shut off element and let eggs boil for 6 mins (approx).⁣⁣ I recommend using farm fresh eggs and to support local if you can. Mine are from Local ChickInn, located in BC.

While eggs are boiling, place medium ceramic bowls onto towel and pour 1 cup of boiled water in each.⁣⁣

⁣⁣Splash in 1 tsp of vinegar (per bowl). This will allow the food colouring to properly bind to the eggs. This will also allow for the eggs to peel nicely if you’re wanting to eat them after.⁣⁣

Add 10 - 20 drops of (natural) food colouring in each bowl (depending on how light or dark you want your pigment). Feel free to mix colours, then stir each bowl.⁣⁣ The food colouring we used is by a company called Lulu that I just so happened to find at Marshall’s.

Take a slotted spoon to scoop out eggs once boiled and place each egg into desired colour(s). Allow to sit in the colour(s) anywhere from 5 seconds to 5 minutes (again, depending on pigment). ⁣⁣

Scoop each egg out onto a towel and lightly dry. You may also blot the eggs with paper towel to create patterns (optional).⁣⁣

Place eggs into a bowl and refrigerate for up to 4 days.⁣⁣⁣⁣

You may also peel and eat the eggs over the next four days (optional). I recommend not letting them just sit there forever and/or go to waste. A little natural food colouring never hurt anyone.

Anyway, that’s really all there is to it. Let me know what you think of the end result! Next time I hope to get a little more creative and extract natural colours from fruit, etc.

Hope everyone had a great weekend and is enjoying this week so far!⁣⁣

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