Last Updated on April 2, 2021
8 Minute Hard Boiled Dyed Easter Eggs in the Instant Pot
Dyed Easter Eggs in the instant pot. Dyeing Easter eggs in instant pot is quick & easy. See how to make Instant pot colored eggs.
Don’t get me wrong, I truly love the traditional process of dyeing Easter eggs, but sometimes, life doesn’t give us the ideal amount of time to do all the holiday traditions.
Ideally, we would all savor the sweet time-consuming process of every traditional holiday custom, like dying eggs. But occasionally, we just have to do our best with the time we have. Eight minutes for quick-dyed Easter eggs – I can squeeze that into my schedule. Hopefully, you can too!
Get ready because this is going to be the EASIEST Dyed Easter Eggs experience you have ever had in your life!
When you feel like there just isn’t enough time before Easter to fit it all in, this dyed Easter egg recipe is one you’ll want to keep in your back pocket.
Hard boil AND dye eggs at the SAMETIME!
Materials Needed for Dyed Easter Eggs:
- Instant Pot or pressure cooker
- Half Dozen Eggs
- McCormick food coloring/egg dye – FYI If you use the neon color the neon green does not take very well so I do not recommend it or plan on using a lot of it to achieve this color.
- 3 mason jars (Or empty pickle jars work too !)
- 6 tablespoons white Vinegar
- Water
Easiest Dyed Easter Eggs EVER
Directions How to Make Dyed Easter Eggs:
- Add 1-2 cups of water to the bottom of the instant pot.
- In each of the 3 mason jars, add 10-15 drops of food coloring and 2 tablespoons of vinegar – stir together.
Dyeing Easter eggs in instant pot tip: If you do not have 3 mason jars, you can use any heat safe jar that fits in to your instant pot. I just happened to have a jelly jar, pickle jar, and small mason jar and it all fit.
3. Carefully place 1-2 eggs in each jar and barely cover the eggs with water.
4. Secure the lid of the Instant pot and set it for 7 minutes. While it is cooking, you can prepare the cold water/Ice bath for the cooked eggs.
I love this timesaver method to hardboil & dye Easter eggs at the same time!
5. After the instant pot is finished, I used the quick release for the steam valve. But, if you would like the eggs to stay in the dye as long as possible to enhance the color, letting the steam valve release naturally works too. However, they just might be a little more hard-boiled that way.
- Using a reliable pair of tongs (also on my wishlist), move the mason jars from the instant pot to the sink, and run cold water into the jars to displace the hot water with cold water and cool the eggs. Do you like how your Dyed Easter Eggs look?
- Once the jars and eggs are cool, you can gently remove the colored eggs using the tongs, and place them on a drying rack. When they are dry, Instant pot-colored eggs can go directly into the refrigerator.
Tip when making Instant pot colored eggs: When the eggs are wet, the dye will come off easier so be careful not to handle them too much until the shell has dried.
There you go… dying Easter eggs in instant pot in about 8 minutes!
Dyed Easter Eggs in the Instant Pot – just 8 minutes
- Prep Time: 4 Minutes
- Cook Time: 8 Minutes
- Total Time: 12 Minutes
Ingredients
- Instant Pot or pressure cooker
- 6 Eggs
- McCormick food coloring/egg dye – FYI If you use the neon color the neon green does not take very well so I do not recommend it or plan on using a lot of it to achieve this color.
- 3 mason jars (Or empty pickle jars work too !)
- 6 tablespoons white Vinegar
- Water
Instructions
- Add 1-2 cups of water to the bottom of the instant pot.
- In each of the 3 mason jars, add 10-15 drops of food coloring and 2 tablespoons of vinegar – stir together.
- Carefully place 1-2 eggs in each jar and barley cover the eggs with water.
- Secure the lid of the Instant pot and set it for 7 minutes. While it is cooking, you can prepare the cold water/Ice bath for the cooked eggs.
- After the instant pot is finished, I used the quick release for the steam valve. But, if you would like the eggs to stay in the dye as long as possible to enhance the color, letting the steam valve release naturally works too. However, they just might be a little more hard boiled that way.
- Using a reliable pair of tongs (also on my wishlist), move the mason jars from the instant pot to the sink, and run cold water into the jars to displace the hot water with cold water and cool the eggs.
- Once the jars and eggs are cool, you can gently remove the colored eggs using the tongs, and place them on a drying rack. When they are dry, they can go directly into the refrigerator.
Notes
If you do not have 3 mason jars, you can use any heat safe jar that fits in to your instant pot. I just happened to have a jelly jar, pickle jar and small mason jar and it all fit.
When the eggs are wet, the dye will come off easier so be careful not to handle them too much until the shell has dried.
Hope you enjoyed dyeing Easter eggs in instant pot!
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