Tie Dyed Easter Eggs
Easy colorful Easter eggs made with coffee filters and food coloring. No vinegar or water!
Equipment
- coffee filters or paper towels, see the tips below
- rubber bands
- drying rack or paper towel
Ingredients
- 12 hard-boiled eggs
- food coloring set regular water based liquid kind
Instructions
- Place a boiled egg into the center of a coffee filter and wrap it around the egg and secure it at the tip of the egg with a rubber band.
- Put on your gloves and start with one color of food coloring and put one drop in random spots around the egg. Be aware that it will bleed.
- Use different colors and go around the egg adding drops until the coffee filter is covered. The drops will spread so a little goes a long way.
- Let the eggs sit in the coffee filters for 5-10 minutes.
- Gently unwrap the eggs and pat them dry with a paper towel.
- Set them on a cooling rack or paper towel to dry.
Notes
TIPS:
- You can use whatever combination of colors you like. The colors mix and end up lighter than they go on. For example, red will look pink.
- You can also use paper towels in place of coffee filters. The coffee filters were so much easier and worked better for color transfer. Paper towels will leave a pattern on the egg depending on the brand.
- The longer you leave the eggs wrapped, the darker they get. They also get a little darker if you saturate them with a lot of dye.
Nutrition
Serving: 1eggCalories: 930kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 75gFat: 64gSaturated Fat: 20gPolyunsaturated Fat: 8gMonounsaturated Fat: 24gCholesterol: 2238mgSodium: 744mgPotassium: 756mgSugar: 7gCalcium: 300mgIron: 7mg
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