Naturally Dyed Pickled Easter Eggs

February 29, 2016

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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell

Active Time

10 minutes
Total Time

20 minutes, plus chilling

Vibrant-colored pickled eggs make a fun party snack and are super easy to make with just a few natural ingredients to enhance the color as well as the flavor of the eggs. This recipe makes enough for half a dozen of one color of pickled eggs. Choose one or make a few batches of different colors to feed a crowd!

Ingredients

Makes 6 pickled eggs

6 hard-boiled eggs, peeled

1 cup distilled white vinegar

2 teaspoons kosher salt

2 teaspoons sugar

For pink pickled eggs:

1/2 small beet, peeled, quartered

1 shallot, sliced

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For yellow pickled eggs:

1 (1/2-inch) piece ginger, thinly sliced

2 teaspoons black peppercorns

1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder

For purple pickled eggs:

1 cup chopped purple cabbage

1 teaspoon caraway seeds

2 teaspoons baking soda, divided

For orange pickled eggs:

1 medium carrot, peeled, sliced

2 garlic cloves

1 sliver peeled beet

Small pinch of saffron

Step 1
Place eggs in a medium glass heatproof jar. Cook vinegar, salt, sugar, and 1 cup water in a small pot over high heat, stirring, until salt and sugar dissolve.
To make pink pickled eggs:
Step 2
Add beet, shallot, and bay leaf and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Pour over eggs, stir, and chill at least 3 hours or up to overnight for a darker shade of pink.
To make yellow pickled eggs:
Step 3
Add ginger, peppercorns, and turmeric and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Pour over eggs, stir, and chill at least 3 hours or up to overnight for a darker shade of yellow.
To make purple pickled eggs:
Step 4
Add cabbage and caraway seeds and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Pour over eggs. Add 1 tsp. baking soda and stir until foaming subsides, then stir in remaining 1 tsp. baking soda. Chill at least 3 hours or up to overnight for a darker shade of purple.
To make orange pickled eggs:
Step 5
Add carrot, garlic, beet, and saffron and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Pour over eggs, stir, and chill at least 3 hours or up to overnight for a darker shade of orange.
Do Ahead
Step 6
Pickled eggs can be made 5 days ahead. Remove from pickling brine once desired color has been reached, transfer to an airtight container, and chill.

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Beautiful colors, and saves all of labor of removing yolk to make deviled eggs. I add a small dollop of herbed mayo for flavor. LOVE THIS RECIPE!!!!
- Chef Gail
- Gulfport, MS
- 3/23/2022
I have been making these every Easter since 2018. They are gobbled up very fast and always a hit.
- Anonymous
- Erie,,CO
- 3/31/2021
I and now assorted members of my family have made this recipe over and over again since it was first published here. They're delicious. The kids in our family enjoy them. We love the flavor of the yellow eggs the most.
- sandycharlotte
- Cary, NC
- 4/25/2020
I live all things pickled so haven't pickled eggs and some pickled vegetables is my idea of heaven. These also make fantastic deviled eggs too! This recipe is the only way I can get my 17 month old to eat eggs and I love that they don't include any artificial dyes or coloring.
- amerikanerin
- Ann Arbor, MI
- 4/7/2020
Oh my goodness, stop! I want to make everything on the “72 Easter Brunch Recipe” list! Thank you for all the inspiring recipes. Trying dyed pickle eggs, today.
- Tpea
- TC, Mi
- 4/15/2019
Great way to do the Easter colored eggs. I do not hid Easter eggs, use them for the appetizer tray cut in half so all the colors pop. Used blueberries for blue. Turmeric for orange. You can try anything. Just made them. Also a few jars added a jalapeño to pumped up the flavors as only adults are coming. I agree with the “crticizers “ of a recipe. READ the recipes. Why would anyone criticize when they never have made it. I guess some people just like to complain.
- scarey322597
- Minnesota
- 3/28/2018
This is a 4 Fork! Pardon the fat fingers! Delicious! I usually have to douse my hard boiled eggs in hot sauce to get them down! So, yes,they were delicious and beautiful to look at! Folks at our Easter gathering raved about them! Followed the exact directions and did keep them in the liquid overnight!
- dyan11
- Pittsburgh, PA
- 4/17/2017
What a fun, delicious recipe. I needed to make 16 eggs so put four eggs in each pint canning jar and one recipe per batch. Did all of it in the microwave (except the eggs). Added a couple sport peppers diced in each jar as we love spicy pickled anything!
- scarey322597
- Minnesota
- 4/15/2017
Good idea/recipe for adults who enjoy pickles & pickled eggs. Not a very good recipe for children who may or may not eat the dozen or so hard boiled eggs they dyed for Easter hunts. Can't imagine many kids being eager to eat ( with the odd exception ) hard boiled eggs that have been dyed by soaking in assorted pickle juices.
- Anonymous
- CA
- 4/11/2017
wondering if you could up the sugar content to make the eggs more with a sweet pickle flavor? Ive heard of making pickled eggs with the liquid from pickled beets before to get a dark pink color...
- Anonymous
- Wilmington NC
- 4/11/2017
I did not make this recipe because I want to use them for Easter. I don't know why anyone would want to go thru all the work of dyeing eggs after they are peeled. I want to use them for Easter and need them colored in their shell.
- kssew4fum
- Scottsdale, AZ
- 4/10/2017
Beautiful in color. Terrible in taste - unless you like the strong taste of vinegar on your eggs.
- carolynegeberg
- 4/10/2017
I've been making these every week since April. They're easy, fast and a delicious snack. Everyone loves them and what a treat for Passover in every color! Not a single one left.
- sandycharlotte
- Cary, NC
- 12/19/2016
I know this is a Pickering process however could this me modified in any way to use to naturally color the eggs still in their shells (cooked of course)? Any ideas anyone? I also know that dyes use finger to set the colors so maybe this process would work without the sugars....thanks.
- hybrid1
- So. Calif.
- 4/1/2016
This worked GREAT! I don't know about everyone else, but I quadrupled the base vinegar/water/sugar/salt mixture then used 1/4 of it for each color and there was plenty of liquid for the eggs. Let them soak overnight and they came out perfectly colored and looking gorgeous. I was very happy with how they turned out!
- laurenadors
- Denver, CO
- 3/28/2016

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