Colored deviled eggs are fun party foods or perfect for dyed Easter eggs. Use simple food coloring to dye hard boiled egg whites to match any party theme color or holidays, or for special occasions. They’re also a festive twist on traditional devil eggs and fun for baby shower foods or recipes for kids parties!

Easy Colored Deviled Eggs Dyed Egg Whites - eggs white dyed bright colors with deviled egg filling in an egg holder on a white counter with a green napkin

How To Color Deviled Eggs

I love these colored egg whites because you can make them a vibrant dyed eggs for Easter brunch or a pastel colored eggs for baby showers (or birthday parties). These are really easy to color hard boiled eggs and also a fun recipe to make with kids!

Colored Deviled Eggs Ingredients

Hard-boiled eggs
Mustard
Pickle relish (sweet relish or chopped sweet pickles)
Mayonnaise
Salt
Pepper
Cold water
Food coloring (different colors or colors of choice, gel or regular food coloring)

ALSO TRY OUR FAVORITE TRADITIONAL DEVILED EGG RECIPE (INCLUDING THE TRICK TO PIPING THE EGG FILLING WITH OR WITHOUT A PIPING BAG).

Printable recipe card below.

Dyed Deviled Eggs Recipe Instructions Step-By-Step

Boiling Eggs For Deviled Eggs And Dyed Egg Whites

When you’re coloring whites of eggs, you want to make sure they you use an easy peel boiled egg technique because every piece of the egg white that is missing (or peeled away) will show when you dye the egg whites (especially if you are coloring egg whites vibrant colors). It will be harder to get that nice, uniform colored egg white color (and sometimes appears blotchy or uneven colored).

So, be careful when peeling your boiled eggs and remove all the shell of hard boiled eggs!

LEARN HOW TO MAKE EASY TO PEEL BOILED EGGS FOR THIS RECIPE. (This is the no fail peeling eggs technique that I swear by!)

Once you peel the eggshells, cut the eggs lengthwise and scoop out the cooked egg yolks into a mixing bowl. Set aside to make the yolk mixture.

Rinse the cooked egg whites to remove any remaining traces of the cooked yellow yolk.

Place egg halves on paper towels upside down in a single layer to drain.

Tips To Color The Eggs

TIP 1: Use one cup for each egg color.

You will need one cup of water for each color — enough water to cover an egg white half completely.

PRO RECIPE TIP: If you’re using many colors, use large muffin tins to make mini dye baths and dye the egg whites. We used Solo cups and they worked great.

Add 3-5 drops of food coloring to the water and then place egg whites to the colored water.

Color one of the egg white halves at a time in each cup. (Sometimes if you do more than one, there will be darker lines on the eggs where they touch.)

TIP 2: Adjust the food color.

Add food coloring drops (enough to reach desired color) to each cup, one color per cup. We found that regular food coloring or gel food coloring works. (Although sometimes you can find really vibrant colors in the gel food coloring.)

RECIPE TIP: We did not use vinegar and our egg white colors came out really bright, still. However, if you feel like you aren’t getting the colors you want, add 1 teaspoon of white vinegar to each cup with the water.

MORE TIPS FOR DYEING EGGS: How To Make Red Eggs and How To Dye Eggs Naturally (like with beet juice and fruit dyes)

TIP 3: Be patient on the egg coloring!

If you want more light colored egg whites (like for pastel colored Easter deviled eggs or a baby shower recipe), leave them in the egg dye a shorter time.

We wanted really vibrant egg white colors (because we made them for Easter deviled eggs and wanted bright color combinations for the Easter party), so we left eggs in the dye coloring longer.

Check on the eggs after 5 minutes by using a slotted spoon to remove the colored egg from the egg dye water.

Tip 4: Drain the eggs.

Once the egg whites are the color that you desire, drain them on a paper plate lined with paper towels until you’re ready to fill them with the deviled egg filling.

Be sure to flip them upside down (so the egg hole where the yolk was is down on the paper plate). If you don’t, extra egg dye will pool in the egg hole and may color the deviled egg filling when you fill the eggs.

Want More Easter Recipes? Try These Next!

Coloring Devil Eggs Recipe Card Printable

You’ll love how these festive eggs look on your Easter table or party table (especially if you dye the eggs to match your theme!). This will be your new favorite colorful deviled eggs recipe and maybe even your new Easter tradition!