Decorating Easter Eggs With Kool Aid Dye

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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 – 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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40 responses to “Decorating Easter Eggs With Kool Aid Dye”

March 23, 2012

Bea

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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1. March 23, 2012
  
  Jill
  
  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.
  
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  1. March 18, 2013
    
    Amiee
    
    Would it work to mix the Berry blue with Cherry to get purple??
    
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    1. March 18, 2013
      
      Tawra
      
      Don’t see why it wouldn’t work.
      
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    2. March 18, 2013
      
      Jill
      
      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.
      
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March 23, 2012

Bea

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.

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1. April 18, 2014
  
  sarah
  
  Coconut oil would work better and be better for you, but will not stay solid in the summer heat.
  
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2. April 17, 2019
  
  Nancy
  
  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.
  
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March 23, 2012

Bea

Thanks Jill.

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March 24, 2012

MrFrugalFrank

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

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April 5, 2012

Bea

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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1. April 5, 2012
  
  Jill
  
  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.
  
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April 6, 2012

Bea

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.

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March 15, 2013

adena

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

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1. March 15, 2013
  
  Jill
  
  You can use generic.
  
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March 23, 2013

Ed Crabtree

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

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1. March 23, 2013
  
  Jill
  
  Yes Ed. You use this in place of the Easter egg kits – you know the kind with the tablets that are usually used.
  
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  1. March 23, 2013
    
    Ed Crabtree
    
    Thanks, Jill, now just have to convince the wife.
    
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    1. March 23, 2013
      
      Jill
      
      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.
      
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      1. April 18, 2014
        
        tabitha
        
        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
      2. April 19, 2014
        
        Jill
        
        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. : )
March 29, 2013

shirley forbes

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

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1. March 30, 2013
  
  Jill
  
  That may have made the difference Shirley.
  
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March 29, 2013

Wendy

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

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1. March 30, 2013
  
  Jill
  
  Not sure what you meant by bubbled up. Make sure it was dissolved well.
  
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  1. April 7, 2014
    
    Ty Adielstein
    
    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.
    
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March 30, 2013

Natasha

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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1. March 30, 2013
  
  Jill
  
  It will be interesting to see what happens Natasha. Different people are getting totally different results.
  
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March 30, 2013

Loretta

How long do you leave egg in mixture?

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1. March 30, 2013
  
  Jill
  
  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.
  
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March 30, 2013

Beverly

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. :(

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March 30, 2013

dj

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

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April 5, 2015

Kelly

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!

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March 15, 2016

New England Flybaby

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! :-)

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March 18, 2016

Magdalen

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

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1. March 18, 2016
  
  Jill
  
  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.
  
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April 30, 2016

NIcole

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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1. April 30, 2016
  
  Jill
  
  I don’t think so the main reason your add the vinegar is to help keep the colors and set the dye.
  
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2. March 28, 2018
  
  Cynthia
  
  You don’t need vinegar, since kool aid is already acidic
  
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April 17, 2019

Nancy

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.

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