Has Anyone Tried Easter Eggs with Natural Dyes?

try curry for yellow. Don't know how well the egg will take to it but natural fibers like cotton do well. It's how they used to get the bright yellow color in fabric! I would think pomegranate juice would work too, considering it stains everything it touches. :)

I did this once. TBH, it was a huge pain in the butt! I got the "recipes" from Martha Stewart. The eggs came out much lighter colored than with the dye pellets and vinegar, and since most had to be boiled, it was a hassle. The Turmeric STUNK and stained my pan! The beet juice worked well i think, grape juice was light. can't remember the others.

It did non affect the taste of the eggs.

Our preK teacher did it and used natural dyes to make a shirt. The dyes came out in the wash. The eggs were quite faint and the kids didn't like them.

I did grape and beets one year and the colors were a little light but still pretty. Those were the only 2 I remember. Usually I just do vinegar and a few drops of food coloring. But nothing I've ever used affected the taste of the eggs. Have fun!

I did it one year, where you actually boil the eggs with certain ingredients. If I remember correctly, some things leached through to the eggs (I think turmeric) and some didn't (the fruit based ones). I remember using Turmeric for yellow, rasberries for pink, and blueberries for blue. I can't remember what else I used. The color does come out pretty light, I was a little disappointed, and my kids didn't like it.

some stuff works brilliantly. beet juice makes a gorgeous pink, and boiling or steaming purple potatoes and carrots gives a deep deep blue-violet stain to the water.
natural dyes aren't as strong as fake ones, so the eggs will be more pastel. which i don't consider to be a negative. i haven't noticed any taste from the dyes in my eggs, but because i loathe beets i only use that juice sparingly.
i'd love to find a good green and yellow!
khairete
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