Expert Tips on how to Color Easter Eggs makes it Fun and Easy

With the time to hide the easter eggs just hours away, many families are gathered at the kitchen table ready to color easter eggs. Some top tips on coloring easter eggs will make it fun and easy to make easter eggs with a variety of colors and designs.

The basic recipe for easter eggs has not changed for decades, and is very simple. The recipe below is from McCormick’s web site – leading manufacturer of spices and other cooking essentials, including food coloring.

You can find all of their easter egg coloring tips online at their web site. Basically, you need eggs (for coloring), some white vinegar, and some food coloring. After you boil your eggs for about 15 minutes, let them cool while you prepare your colors.

For each color, combine about a half cup of boiling water with 1 teaspoon of vinegar, and then add 10-20 drops of food coloring. Gently lower the eggs into a cup of the colored water, and then remove them to dry on a paper towel. The longer the eggs stay in the color, the darker they will become.

Tips to Make Expert Easter Eggs

To get a little fancier with your easter egg coloring, here are a few of the tips we found on the internet. You can use a white, or light colored, crayon or wax candle to draw on the eggs before you dunk them in the coloring. The words or drawings on the eggs will not get colored.

Also, consider only dipping the egg half way in one color, then dry and dunk the other half in another color. For a faded transition, you can dunk the easter egg in one color, and then dunk it only half way in the same color for a longer period of time. Experiment with this and you can create shading or transitions of colors.