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Crock-Pot Natural Dyed Easter Eggs

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Use natural ingredients such as onion skins, beets, turmeric, coffee and more in your slow cooker to make beautiful Crock-Pot Natural Dyed Easter Eggs! This is a fun Easter project to do with the kids and teach them how natural products can be used as a dye to color Easter eggs!

Crock-Pot Natural Dyed Easter Eggs

Slow Cooker Natural Dyed Easter Eggs

Are you looking for a fun way to dye Easter eggs with your kids using all-natural ingredients? Then check out this unique recipe.

First the raw eggs are cooked right in the slow cooker so you end up with “hard boiled eggs” just like you normally would.

Once the eggs are cooked you need to cool them quickly by submerging them into ice water.

Then, the fun begins as you make up natural colored egg dyes using things like berries, spices, beets or even coffee or tea!


Special Diets

*Nutritional information and Weight Watchers points are calculated for just the eggs because you are not actually going to eat the ingredients in the recipe that are used to dye the eggshells.

Gluten Free | Keto | Low Calorie | Low Carb | Low Fat | Low Sodium | Low Sugar | Paleo

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Crock-Pot Natural Dyed Easter Eggs

Crock-Pot Natural Dyed Easter Eggs Recipe

Learn how to dye Easter eggs in your slow cooker using natural dyes with this fun recipe!
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Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 2 hrs
Total Time 2 hrs 5 mins
Course Side Dishes
Cuisine American
Servings 12 Eggs
Calories 72 kcal

Ingredients

  • 6 – 12 Large Eggs (only large crocks will fit 12)
  • Ground Turmeric
  • Cinnamon Sticks
  • Ground Coffee
  • Green Tea
  • 3 – 6 Medium Raw Beets
  • 12 Ounces Frozen Blueberries (or blackberries)

Instructions

  • You will place 6-12 eggs in a 5 quart or larger slow cooker making sure they are not touching (if your using the silicone cupcake liners this will make it easier).
  • You need to pour enough water to fully cover them (if you are not using fresh eggs, an older egg has a tendency to float to the top) but not more water than that.
  • Do not stack the eggs.
  • Cover and turn on high for 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
  • Use a timer and do not go over the 2 1/2 hour limit if you plan on eating the eggs.
  • Scoop the eggs out carefully, place them in a bowl with ice water, and you may need to add more ice.
  • The faster you cool them down the better they will look inside and if you are wanting to peel them and eat them, they will peel easier as well.
  • Take out and dry once cooled.
  • You are now done if you are only going to eat them.
  • If you are going to decorate them, then the fun begins!
  • I boiled a pan of water on the stove and would scoop out several big cup fulls to fill up about 2/3rds the red solo cups.
  • Place the tea (2-4 tea bags per cup), ground coffee, or several scoops of turmeric with a cinnamon stick.
  • Tea gives a faint green color, ground coffee is brown, turmeric will be orange.
  • Use the rubber/plastic bands, decorate with tape (that you will pull off later), tie long strips of fabric around them and so on.
  • You can even just hand the kids white crayons and let them put designs on the egg.
  • Once ready, place the eggs into the steaming water and let them sit for several hours.
  • When I did the beets, I boiled 6 raw beets, with stems cut, cut in half with a crock half full of water, lid placed (so put it on high) for about 4 hours.
  • I then scooped the red beet juice/water into the red solo cups and added the egg.
  • I added a few frozen blackberries to get the color a bit darker.
  • I did the same with blueberries and Blackberries, boiling them in a half filled crock for 4 hours and then scooped the juice/water out and place in the red solo cup with the eggs, adding a couple of blackberries with to add a bit more red.
  • When they are done, pull them out and let them dry.
  • You can rub with some vegetable oil if you want them to shine.
  • So as to not waste we fed the chickens the berries and beats and placed the coffee and tea onto the compost pile.

Notes

*Nutritional information and Weight Watchers points are calculated for just the eggs because you are not actually going to eat the ingredients in the recipe that are used to dye the eggshells.

Nutrition

Calories: 72kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 186mg | Sodium: 71mg | Potassium: 69mg | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 270IU | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 1mg
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Filed Under: Easter Recipes, Side Dishes Tagged With: 10 Ingredients Or Less, Beets, Blackberries, Blackberry, Blueberries, Blueberry, Cinnamon Stick, Easter, Easter Eggs, Gluten Free, Gluten Free CP Recipes, Hard Boiled Eggs, Healthy, Keto, Keto Diet, Low Calorie, Low Calorie CP Recipes, Low Carb, Low Carb CP Recipes, Low Fat, Low Fat CP Recipes, Low Sodium, Low Sodium CP Recipes, Low Sugar, Low Sugar CP Recipes, Paleo, Paleo CP Recipes, Turmeric, WW, WW CP Recipe

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Comments

  1. bette lebaron says

    April 28, 2014 at 2:37 PM

    I have text two emails and havent heard back. for some reason i am not getting any emails with new recipes. i really miss them because i look forward to them. i have a busy lifestyle and i use my crockpot regularly. please let me k ow if there is a problem.

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    • Lady Heidi says

      April 30, 2014 at 6:25 PM

      Hi Bette, I have been traveling and then got home and am sick so I have fallen behind on my emails. I will check for yours tonight and get back with you! I am so sorry!

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