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Decorating Easter Eggs With Kool Aid Dye

Did you know you can decorate Easter eggs with Kool aid dye? Here’s an easy recipe with easy tips including how to to dye eggs without the shell!

Decorating Easter Eggs With Kool Aid Dye

Decorating Easter Eggs – Dyed Eggs without the Shell

There might be times when you don’t want to mess with the shells and the peeling of dyed eggs. If this is the case you can dye hard boiled eggs that have been peeled. Do just as would if the shell was still on. These would look really pretty made into deviled eggs and laid on a bed of lettuce.

Yes you, can dye Easter eggs with Kool Aid!

Decorating Easter Eggs With Kool Aid Dye

2/3 cup water, (tap water – doesn’t have to be warm)
1 pkg. Kool Aid

Mix.  Dip eggs in dye for a few minutes and then remove. 

Notes:

  • You don’t need vinegar because Kool Aid is already acidic.
  • Lemonade and pink lemonade do not turn out very well when used for egg decorating.
  • Grape turns an ugly dark color as an egg dye.
  • You can add some Berry Blue to the grape to lighten it and add some strawberry or cherry to the pink lemonade for a pretty shade of pink.

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  1. Bea

    March 23, 2012 at 11:26 am

    Do the eggs absorb a lot of the flavor of the Kool-Aid and do you have to cover them in the refrigerator so they don’t pick up odors? Also which colors work best? Thanks.

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    • Jill

      March 23, 2012 at 1:13 pm

      Bea they don’t. Once you dye them you would treat them like any other eggs that you dye for Easter. Actually I think all the colors work really good except for the lemonade and the grape.

      Reply
      • Amiee

        March 18, 2013 at 2:41 pm

        Would it work to mix the Berry blue with Cherry to get purple??

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        • Tawra

          March 18, 2013 at 3:10 pm

          Don’t see why it wouldn’t work.

          Reply
        • Jill

          March 18, 2013 at 3:54 pm

          If you are unsure what color it would make add a small pinch of each color to some water and that will give you an idea. You can do this with all the colors to see what blends you like.

          Reply
  2. Bea

    March 23, 2012 at 1:12 pm

    Did you know you can make Fruity Lip Gloss with Kool-Aid?
    Fruity Lip Gloss
    2 Tablespoons of solid shortening like Crisco
    1 Tablespoon fruit flavored Kool-Aid
    Mix shortening and Kool-Aid together in microwave safe container and microwave on high for 30 seconds until becomes liquid. Remove and pour into small container and refrigerate for 20-30 minutes until becomes solid again.

    Reply
    • sarah

      April 18, 2014 at 8:22 pm

      Coconut oil would work better and be better for you, but will not stay solid in the summer heat.

      Reply
    • Nancy

      April 17, 2019 at 4:11 pm

      I like this idea and am going to be using it. Thanks for sharing it. I will be using the shortening so it stays solid at room temperatures.

      Reply
  3. Bea

    March 23, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    Thanks Jill.

    Reply
  4. MrFrugalFrank

    March 24, 2012 at 5:00 am

    I think the grand kiddo’s will have more fun doing it with KoolAid….Thank You for the tip Who Knew?

    Reply
  5. Bea

    April 5, 2012 at 12:52 pm

    I’m going to use the Kool-Aid recipe on peeled cooked eggs and make the Good Morning Sunshine recipe. Also, I would think you could still use the Kool-Aid to make a pitcher of it to drink since the eggs are cooked and shouldn’t be a problem. Do you think so Jill?

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    • Jill

      April 5, 2012 at 2:22 pm

      Bea I don’t know why a person couldn’t. I would at least try it and see. The most I can think of is if it absorbed some of the flavor of the egg but I can’t imagine that it would.

      Reply
  6. Bea

    April 6, 2012 at 11:08 am

    Thanks Jill, I hate to throw it away so I’ll try coloring the peeled eggs, and then using it to make a pitcher of Kool-Aid.

    Reply
  7. adena

    March 15, 2013 at 4:16 pm

    Do u have to use the kool-aid brand or can u use generic kool aid just the same???

    Reply
    • Jill

      March 15, 2013 at 4:29 pm

      You can use generic.

      Reply
  8. Ed Crabtree

    March 23, 2013 at 11:06 am

    This would work with shells still on the eggs, right?

    Reply
    • Jill

      March 23, 2013 at 11:14 am

      Yes Ed. You use this in place of the Easter egg kits – you know the kind with the tablets that are usually used.

      Reply
      • Ed Crabtree

        March 23, 2013 at 11:17 am

        Thanks, Jill, now just have to convince the wife.

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        • Jill

          March 23, 2013 at 12:01 pm

          Good luck. :) One thing the Kool Aid is better in the fact that most people have it on hand so you don’t have to buy anything special and you don’t have to mess with the smelly vinegar and such. Hope those arguments help you.

          Reply
          • tabitha

            April 18, 2014 at 11:23 pm

            can you add vinegar to make it brighter? i used kool aid last year worked good in smelled great kids loved it but the colors wasnt to bright

          • Jill

            April 19, 2014 at 7:41 am

            I don’t know Tabitha. You could also use less water and more Kool Aid and leave them in longer although with impatient little ones that might be hard. : )

  9. shirley forbes

    March 29, 2013 at 3:39 pm

    We dyed eggs the red was the only color did not come off the eggs. I dyed them while they were hot.Maybe that was it. Thanks

    Reply
    • Jill

      March 30, 2013 at 7:47 am

      That may have made the difference Shirley.

      Reply
  10. Wendy

    March 29, 2013 at 3:41 pm

    After I used kook-aid to dye my eggs, the color bubbled up on the eggs. What did I do wrong?

    Reply
    • Jill

      March 30, 2013 at 7:49 am

      Not sure what you meant by bubbled up. Make sure it was dissolved well.

      Reply
      • Ty Adielstein

        April 7, 2014 at 5:26 pm

        Ours got little air bubbles on them as well. It almost looked like there was carbonation that had settled on all of the eggs. Then the color rubbed off every one of the eggs. Our was very disappointing. I’m glad that we hadn’t done it with the kids just yet.

        Reply
  11. Natasha

    March 30, 2013 at 1:46 am

    Thank u for the kool aid info. We are looking forward to trying this. I will post and let you know how it turns out!!!

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    • Jill

      March 30, 2013 at 7:50 am

      It will be interesting to see what happens Natasha. Different people are getting totally different results.

      Reply
  12. Loretta

    March 30, 2013 at 7:42 am

    How long do you leave egg in mixture?

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    • Jill

      March 30, 2013 at 7:50 am

      Leave it in like you do any other type dye – until you get the shade you want. The longer you leave it the darker the color will get.

      Reply
  13. Beverly

    March 30, 2013 at 2:40 pm

    I tried the Kool-Aid method and all I got was eggs that looked good until you picked them up, the color bubbled up on the eggs and peeled right off. Very disappointed. :(

    Reply
  14. dj

    March 30, 2013 at 3:24 pm

    Just did this with my 7 yr old twins. Loved it.it worked really good

    Reply
  15. Kelly

    April 5, 2015 at 2:26 pm

    We did this exactly as the “recipe” called for and it worked great. We did add some yellow food coloring to the yellow to brighten up the color. Bright colors, smooth surface, fun smell!

    Reply
  16. New England Flybaby

    March 15, 2016 at 6:29 am

    03/15/16 – Hello!

    Totally off-topic, but I wanted to let you know I made the Chicken Pot Pie recipe from your “Dining on a Dime” cookbook last night for supper, and it was Great! It was SO much easier & faster than my old recipe. Will definitely be making it again. Thanks so much! :-)

    Reply
  17. Magdalen

    March 18, 2016 at 7:56 am

    This might say something about what’s in Kool-Aid.

    Reply
    • Jill

      March 18, 2016 at 8:25 am

      This could be true but since my 90 year old parents have been drinking it since they were toddlers and many generations of kids have grown up drinking it and I haven’t heard of anyone dying of any gut rot or anything then I’m thinking I will probably keep drinking it.

      Reply
  18. NIcole

    April 30, 2016 at 3:27 pm

    I am going to use vinagar. I don’t mind the smell but would the color change the effect I am doing. MY little one us using kool-aid for a science experemt. Will it throw off the color?

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    • Jill

      April 30, 2016 at 5:51 pm

      I don’t think so the main reason your add the vinegar is to help keep the colors and set the dye.

      Reply
    • Cynthia

      March 28, 2018 at 3:38 pm

      You don’t need vinegar, since kool aid is already acidic

      Reply
  19. Nancy

    April 17, 2019 at 4:10 pm

    I am going to try this using kool-aid both ways -with shells and and off – to see how it works for us. We have just been buying supermarket eggs lately in New Jersey. Haven’t found a local egg producer yet, at least not one that is in our price range.

    Reply

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