Ingredients
- Boiled Eggs
- 1 Packet Kool-Aid
- ½ Cup Boiling Water
- 1 Teaspoon Vinegar
- Paper Towels
- Spoons
Instructions
- For each color or packet of Kool-Aid, add ½ cup boiling water, 1 teaspoon vinegar, and one packet of Kool-Aid to a cup and stir until the Kool-Aid is dissolved.
- Gently add your eggs to the dye of your choice (one egg to a cup is ideal) and let sit for 1-2 minutes or until the desired color is reached.
- Remove the egg with a spoon and gently lay it on a paper towel without touching it as much as possible.
- Allow to sit undisturbed for about 5 minutes or until no longer wet before placing it back in the egg carton. Enjoy!
Notes
●Some of the lighter colors of kool-aid like lemonade come out very light and will take a little longer soaking in the dye. We tested a ton of flavors of kool-aid and only lemonade came out poorly. It’s the only color I wouldn’t suggest. For some colors like the pink lemonade, they come out pretty, but you’ll want to leave them in there for 3-4 minutes, rather than the 1-2.
●This method of dying works for farm fresh eggs or brown eggs. The colors come out a little darker, but it’s still gorgeous.
●Do not add any more vinegar than suggested. It will eat the color off the egg and make it look bad.
●Don’t add more water unless you add more koolaid or it will water down the dying aspect of the koolaid and cause the dye to not do as well.
●If you handle the eggs too much coming right out of the dye, it will make marks in your coloring. For a more flawless egg, allow the egg to dry before handling it. The dye will settle onto the shell and it won’t budge after that.
●The color of the egg will brighten a bit as it dries.
●Lemon lime and green apple come out the same color of green.
●Black cherry, sharkleberry, and cherry come out very similar shades of red, but they ARE different shades.
●Peach mango comes out light orange and pina-pineapple comes out a gorgeous spring yellow.
●This method of dying works for farm fresh eggs or brown eggs. The colors come out a little darker, but it’s still gorgeous.
●Do not add any more vinegar than suggested. It will eat the color off the egg and make it look bad.
●Don’t add more water unless you add more koolaid or it will water down the dying aspect of the koolaid and cause the dye to not do as well.
●If you handle the eggs too much coming right out of the dye, it will make marks in your coloring. For a more flawless egg, allow the egg to dry before handling it. The dye will settle onto the shell and it won’t budge after that.
●The color of the egg will brighten a bit as it dries.
●Lemon lime and green apple come out the same color of green.
●Black cherry, sharkleberry, and cherry come out very similar shades of red, but they ARE different shades.
●Peach mango comes out light orange and pina-pineapple comes out a gorgeous spring yellow.