If you’re already planning to make deviled eggs for your 4th of July party, why not take them up a notch with Red, White, and Blue Deviled Eggs? These festive little bites are not only fun and patriotic—they’re super easy to make, too! 🎇
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I mean, how fun are these red, white and blue deviled eggs for 4th of July!? I made a version of these colorful eggs using pastel colors for Easter and they were a big hit. Think of the holiday possibilities!
We love deviled eggs and I feel like they are a must for parties. Who doesn’t love a creamy deviled egg. They are such a crowd pleaser.
These are super simple to make and you only need some food coloring and white vinegar.
They’re the perfect patriotic appetizer for BBQs, potlucks, and picnics.
✨Colorful ✔️
✨Easy ✔️
✨Crowd-pleaser ✔️
What you’ll need
For the colored eggs:
Water
12 eggs, hard boiled
white vinegar
Red food coloring
Blue food coloring
For the filling:
mayonnaise
yellow mustard
tsp pickle juice
salt and pepper
How to hard boil eggs
There are many methods to hard cook an egg. You can boil, air fry, bake in the oven, even cook in the microwave! My personal preference is to use an egg cooker like this one. I’ve been cooking my eggs in this contraption for 10 years and they are perfect every time!
If you go the hard boiling route, here’s how to do it:
- Add your eggs to a pot and fill with water about 1 inch above the eggs. Bring to a boil.
- As soon as the water comes to a boil, turn the heat off, cover the pot and allow the eggs to sit in the hot water for 12-13 minutes.
- Remove the eggs to an ice water bath for 15-20 minutes to stop the cooking process. Peel as usual.
Did you know you can air fry eggs to hard cook?! Yes! Get the full How-To Here!
How to make Patriotic Deviled Eggs
Grab 2 glasses and add 8-12 ounces of water to each. Then drop in the red food coloring to one glass and blue to the other. Add as much as you’d like for the shade desired.
Then, add 1 teaspoon of white vinegar to each glass and mix. (the vinegar helps the color to be more vibrant. Don’t worry! Your finished eggs will not taste like vinegar.)
Peel the eggs from the shell and cut each hard boiled egg in half with a sharp knife. Place the yolks into a mixing bowl. Add a couple of eggs into the red and blue coloring at a time and let sit until desired color is reached, up to 10 minutes. Just pretend you are coloring Easter eggs out of the shell.
You’ll want 8 egg halves to be red, 8 blue and keep 8 white.
Place paper towels out for the eggs to drain.
When the eggs reach your desired shade, remove the eggs from the colored water and place on paper towels and let dry. Once the eggs dry the color will not transfer to your fingers.
Meanwhile, prepare the filling.
Mash the egg yolks in the mixing bowl with a fork. Add in the mayonnaise, mustard, seasonings, and pickle juice. Mix the filling together using an electric hand mixer until smooth.
Spoon the filling into a piping bag fitted with star tip and pipe the filling into each egg.
Refrigerate until ready to serve and refrigerate any leftovers in an airtight container.
🎨Tips
- Use gel food coloring for more vibrancy
- Gel food coloring gives the boldest results without watering down the egg whites.
- Liquid coloring works, but you may need more to achieve deep hues.
- Pipe the filling
- Use a piping bag or zip-top bag with the tip snipped off for a finished and polished look.
- Garnish ideas
- Top with a piece of chive, paprika, or a festive food pick (like mini flags or stars).
- Sprinkle with edible glitter or stars for sparkle.
❓FAQs
- Can I use natural food dyes? Yes! The results will be more on the pastel side:
- Red: Beet juice
- Blue: Red cabbage water + baking soda
- Can I make these ahead? Yes!
- Dye egg whites and prep filling up to 1 day ahead.
- Store separately and assemble a few hours before serving.
- Will the eggs taste like vinegar? No, It’s very mild and mostly washes off when you drain and blot the egg whites.
- How do I keep the colors from bleeding?
- Pat dyed whites dry before filling.
- Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.
More Patriotic Recipes
- Patriotic Cupcakes
- American Flag S’mores Dip
- Lemon Raspberry Cake
- Lemon Blueberry Poke Cake
- Patriotic M&M Cookie Bars
- Flag Oreo Truffles
- Red, White, and Blue Poke Cake
- Party Dip
- Flag Mini Fruit Tarts
- Berry Angel Food Cake- No Bake!
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Red, White, and Blue Deviled Eggs
Ingredients
- Water
- 12 eggs hard boiled
- 2 teaspoons white vinegar divided
- Red food coloring
- Blue food coloring
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tsp yellow mustard
- 2 tsp pickle juice
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Grab 2 glasses and add 8-12 ounces of water to each. Then drop in the red food coloring to one glass and blue to the other. Add as much as you’d like for the shade desired.
- Then, add 1 teaspoon of white vinegar to each glass and mix. (the vinegar helps the color to be more vibrant. Don’t worry! Your finished eggs will not taste like vinegar.)
- Peel the eggs from the shell and cut each hard boiled egg in half with a sharp knife. Place the yolks into a mixing bowl. Add a couple of eggs into the red and blue coloring at a time and let sit until desired color is reached, up to 10 minutes. Just pretend you are coloring Easter eggs out of the shell.
- You’ll want 8 egg halves to be red, 8 blue and keep 8 white.
- Place paper towels out for the eggs to drain.
- When the eggs reach your desired shade, remove the eggs from the colored water and place on paper towels and let dry. Once the eggs dry the color will not transfer to your fingers.
- Meanwhile, prepare the filling.
- Mash the egg yolks in the mixing bowl with a fork. Add in the mayonnaise, mustard, seasonings, and pickle juice. Mix the filling together using an electric hand mixer until smooth.
- Spoon the filling into a piping bag fitted with star tip and pipe the filling into each egg.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve and refrigerate any leftovers in an airtight container.
