How to Dye Eggs With Kool Aid

This is how to dye eggs with Kool Aid without vinegar for Easter! Dyeing eggs with water is possible and cheap too! How to make the perfect hard boiled eggs, and make colored deviled eggs with them at the end.

It doesn’t have to be Easter time to dye eggs you know. If you’ve made them the “old fashioned” way you may have had those years when you forgot vinegar. You had unhappy children ready to do a fun activity without the right ingredients on hand. Here’s how to dye eggs with Kool Aid without vinegar. (affiliate links present)

Kool Aid Easter Eggs

Hard boiling eggs used to be a pain before I got my Instant Pot, now it’s so easy!! At first I wasn’t so sure how I was going to do it without something that would keep my eggs secure. I didn’t want them to break. An egg rack steamer from solves that problem.

You can hard boil eggs in the oven, pressure cooker, on the stovetop, or make air fryer hard boiled eggs. THEN use our instructions for dyeing Easter Eggs with Kool Aid packets

I just make perfectly hard boiled eggs in my pressure cooker with this 2 tier rack you see here. I will share this below too if you want to make hard boiled eggs in bulk. So easy making 14 all at once.

This is plenty for us most of the time. The rack is great for transferring dyed eggs too so the color doesn’t come off. If transferring eggs to paper towel some color will be removed. A rack is better. This is how to make Instant Pot hard boiled eggs. Whether you make 7 or 14 the timing is the same.

Do eggs dye better hot or cold?

It is better to cool them to at least room temperature to get a bolder look to them and allow the shell to absorb the colors. Check out how brilliantly colored these Kool Aid Easter eggs come out! With just one pack and a bit of water the blue, orange, red, and pink come out brightly colored!

Things you need

1. Eggs that are already hard boiled and cooled
   1. if using a pressure cooker use an egg rack steamer
2. Cups
3. Kool-Aid packets
4. Water

I would grab a few extra packets while you’re at it and read how to make Kool Aid paint with it for fun.

How do you dye Easter eggs with Kool-Aid?

You’re going to want to empty 1 packet of Kool Aid into each cup & stir until completely dissolved. Choose darker colors for the best results. For example the lemonade flavor for yellow will take much longer to really get yellow eggs.

Tips

You could make them tie dye by placing a rubber band around the center and another around the top and bottom so the color doesn’t touch that area.

If you put a paper towel or a wad of paper towels below the rack it will make clean up easier. Remember that it will drip so don’t put it right on a white countertop or something you don’t want colored.

I use plastic bowls / plates and spoons so they can be thrown away. Kool Aid dye can stain fabric and even fingers for a bit so use spoon to lower and lift out eggs washing hands afterward.

Can you use jello to dye eggs?

Yes, you can either use Jello or KoolAid packets with some warm water so it dissolves. Submerge your eggs and let it sit. The longer the more brilliant the colors will become. This is a non-toxic way of dyeing Easter eggs kids love.

Should you refrigerate eggs after coloring?

Yes if you have used store bought eggs they do need to be refrigerated. The only type that don’t need to be would be fresh from the farm before they have been washed, those can be left at room temperature but would need to be washed clean before dyeing.

Can you dye eggs without vinegar?

You can. The biggest difference between using white vinegar and just water is how brilliant the colors will become. With some you can tell it is brighter than if you just used warm water but you can do it either way.