Fizzy Easter Eggs are a delightful treat that adds a fun and tasty twist to your Easter celebrations! These colorful eggs are filled with fizzy sherbet powder that pops in your mouth, giving a burst of flavor and excitement with every bite. Whether you're enjoying them yourself or sharing with friends and family, these fizzy eggs are sure to bring a smile to everyone's face. So, go ahead and indulge in the fizzy goodness of Easter with these eggs that are as playful as they are delicious!
Materials:
Baking soda
Food colouring (multiple colours)
Hard boiled eggs
White vinegar
Equipment:
Small bowls (or paint palette)
Measuring spoon
Popsicle stick (or spoon, for stirring)
Paintbrush
Instructions:
Step 1: Find what you need
Gather your supplies and materials.
Step 2: Prepare your colours
Add 1 Tablespoon of baking soda to a small bowl or section of a deep paint palette.
Repeat this for as many colours as you’d like. (If you want 6 colours, you’ll need 6 small bowls with 1 Tablespoon of baking soda in each.)
Add 1 Tablespoon of water to each bowl so you have a 1:1 ratio of baking soda to water.
Add about 6 drops of food colouring to each bowl. (Some lighter colours will need more.)
Use a clean popsicle stick or spoon to stir each colour, mixing the baking soda and colour into the water.
Step 3: Paint the egg
Hold a hardboiled egg above a clean bowl.
We recommend wearing nitrile gloves to dye your eggs so you don’t dye your fingers too!
Using a paintbrush, add some of the baking soda paint mixture to the egg. Make sure you’re getting the “sandy” part of the paint, not just coloured water.For a true “marbled” look, add the same colour to different sections across the egg.
Repeat, adding different colours of paint to the egg.
Step 4: Add the vinegar
Set the egg in the empty bowl and pour vinegar on top of it. Pour slowly so the chemical reaction doesn’t erupt over the sides of the bowl.
Let the reaction settle down and the marbled egg design will appear.
Rinse the egg under cold water to remove any remnants of the baking soda paint.
Your fizzy Easter egg is complete!
Each egg you make will have its own beautiful, unique look!
Helpful Tips:
Be careful not to leave the egg sitting in the vinegar after it’s stopped fizzing (or even if it’s still fizzing weakly). It will dye the part of the egg sitting in the vinegar with the colour in the bowl (usually a brownish mix, depending on the colours you used).
Be generous when adding the food colouring. The colours will be paler when you apply them than they look in the bowl, so aim for a strong colour.
If your egg colours are too pale, you can rinse the egg and try again. The egg won’t return to white, but you can paint over the light colours. Just be sure to add more food colouring to your bowls, or your second attempt won’t be any stronger in colour.