As of: March 17, 2024, 1:00 p.m
By: Eva Lipka
Creative minds throw rice and food coloring into the mix.
Easter will be a colorful delight and the Easter eggs have a unique speckled look.
Easter is a great time to get creative, especially when it comes to dyeing eggs.
A simple and popular method that has gone viral on TikTok and Instagram is dyeing Easter eggs with rice and food coloring.
This technique is not only a lot of fun, but is also perfect for a craft afternoon with children.
You only need two components and you're ready to go.
This means that each egg becomes a little work of art, very easily and without much effort.
Because the eggs only come into irregular contact with the colored rice, sweet Easter eggs are created that look as if they had been sprayed on.
(Symbolic image) © Martin Bäuml Photodesign/IMAGO
In addition to a number of versatile Easter recipes, such as those for the sweet fried egg cake and savory Easter nests, Simply Tasty also presents other creative methods for coloring Easter eggs.
From tie-dye Easter eggs to black glitter eggs dyed in red wine - there is something for every taste.
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You can create Easter eggs with a speckled look using these ingredients:
rice
food coloring
Eggs, boiled (this trick prevents the shell from cracking during cooking)
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It's so easy to paint Easter eggs with a speckled look:
With the step-by-step instructions, dyeing Easter eggs becomes child's play and creates a great speckled look.
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Mix the rice and any food coloring together in a container or bag.
Add boiled egg and shake.
Allow to dry open and remove.
The Easter eggs with a speckled look are ready.
Coloring eggs with rice – technique goes viral on social media
The @dr.oetker_deutschland TikTok channel shows how to make speckled Easter eggs with just two ingredients and how easy this method is:
But many followers have concerns about this method, which is supposed to give the eggs a speckled look:
"And then we throw away the rice, the actual food...then we'd rather paint eggs because it's beautiful, because it connects, because it shapes!👍"
“And therefore waste food????”
“I prefer to eat the rice 😏 that’s better 😉”
But what many people forget is that the food coloring on rice is edible and most of the color disappears when washed before cooking the rice.
And if there is a little color left over, you can simply use it to make a colorful Mexican rice salad.
Have fun experimenting!