Does it work? We tried dying Easter eggs in whipped cream
Since I was a kid, I've dyed Easter eggs using the same tried and true recipe - 1/2 cup boiling water, 1 teaspoon white vinegar and food coloring. Dip a boiled egg into the liquid and let it sit for as long as you'd like, depending on how vibrant you'd like your eggs to be.
Then I saw a video online that used shaving cream to create a pretty marbled effect on the Easter eggs. Does it really work?
I thought I'd give it a shot - until I realized that you can't eat eggs that have been sitting in shaving cream. (And I'm a cheapskate and hate to throw out food that would have been perfectly good to eat. Those chickens worked hard to lay those eggs!)
So I tried the alternative - whipped cream. Here's how I did it - and the result.
Dye Easter Eggs with Whipped Cream
Spread out your whipped cream
Get a box of cheap whipped topping (mine set me back $1 from Kroger) and spoon it into a dish. Spread it around the dish so there is an even layer that's about one-inch deep. Mine looked like this.
Add the food coloring and swirl
Next, dot the whipped cream with your food coloring of choice. Use a skewer, chopstick or other stick to swirl the colors together like so.
Roll the eggs
Hands down, this was my kids' favorite part of this exercise. It gets messy! Have them roll the eggs through the colored whipped cream. The coloring can stain your hands a little bit. You might want to put on some plastic gloves.
Hurry up and wait
Place the whipped cream covered eggs on a paper towel and let them sit for about 20 minutes or so.
Rinse them off in water
After letting the colors soak into the egg shell, gently rinse them off in cold water to reveal the colors.
The result
Here's the result. They remind me a bit of a robin's eggs. The color is pretty delicate - not really vibrant, but my kids liked trying something new (and sneaking a spoonful or 10 of whipped cream).
Once you're done, be sure to stick them back in the refrigerator if you plan on eating them. And ... in case you were wondering ... the boiled eggs don't pick up the taste of that whipped cream (sadly).
