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Dye Eggs with Shaving Cream for Pretty Marbled Easter Eggs

Equipment / Tools

• Small saucepan
• Large bowl
• Shallow pan or glass baking dish
• Bamboo skewers
• Rubber gloves
• Paper towels

Materials

• Eggs
• White vinegar
• Shaving cream or whipped cream
• Food coloring
• Bowl of water
• Vegetable oil, optional

Prepare Eggs

Start by preparing a batch of hard-boiled eggs in your saucepan. When the eggs have cooled, place them in a large bowl of vinegar. Let the eggs soak for 20 minutes to allow the dye to adhere more permanently to the shells in 

Next, fill a shallow glass baking dish with a thick layer of shaving cream. Spray the shaving cream to cover the bottom of a pan with a layer about an inch thick.

Add Color to Shaving Cream

Generously place drops of food coloring on top of the shaving cream; we used a two-color combination for each set of eggs. You can use one color or one combination for the whole pan, or divide the pan of shaving cream into halves or quarters to create more color combinations. When most of the surface is covered with food coloring, drag a bamboo skewer across the top of the shaving cream to swirl and marble the colors.

Roll Eggs

When the colored shaving cream is ready, put on a pair of gloves to protect your hands from the dye. Pick up a hard-boiled egg and set it gently on the surface. Slowly roll the egg over the surface so the colored shaving cream completely coats the egg's shell and dyes it. Place the egg on a paper towel and let dry for 20 minutes—don't wipe off any shaving cream until the egg has completely dried. Repeat this process with as many hard-boiled eggs as you'd like to color, reusing the same colored shaving cream mixture.

Clean and Display

To clean the dried shaving cream eggs, carefully dip each egg into a bowl of water. The water will remove the excess shaving cream while leaving the colored design on the egg's shell. Next, pat each egg dry with a paper towel, but be careful not to rub or wipe the egg's surface, as this might smear or remove the dye from the shell. Add the eggs to a colorful display when each shaving cream egg has been cleaned and dried. To add sheen to the finished shaving cream Easter eggs, rub them with a bit of vegetable oil.

Easter nests

Ingredients (4)

• 200g milk chocolate
• 200g dark chocolate
• 100g shredded coconut

• 40 coloured candy-coated Easter eggs

   

  Step 1

  Break up all the chocolate and place it in a bowl over a pan of simmering water (don't let bowl touch water) until chocolate has melted. Set aside to cool slightly. Add the coconut and stir to combine.

   

  Step 2

  On a large sheet of baking paper, create chocolate nests about 7cm in diameter. Use the back of a metal spoon to make a small dent in the centre of each nest, where eggs will sit. Cool completely, then refrigerate for 30 minutes or until firm. Just before serving, fill nests with eggs.