Swirl an Egg Review

Last night we colored our Easter eggs, a once a year tradition that never grows old at my house. This year we decided to try out a different egg dye kit from the standard old PAAS brand that we have used and trusted ever since I was a child. This year I purchased the Swirl An Egg easter egg dying kit. The packaging shows beautiful and unique Easter eggs, and the directions make this brand appear to be extremely easy to use.

You are supposed to use either a stainless steel or glass bowl that is at least 6 inches deep. Simply fill the bowl with at least 5 inches of water, cut open the dye packs and pour the dye into the water. You can use either all of the dye packs or which ever ones you want. We decided to do half of our hard boiled eggs in green, yellow and orange, and the other half pink, blue and purple.

After adding the dye packs to the water you are supposed to dip the egg into the water with the provided dipper, and simply swirl the egg across the top of the water. It sounds very simple. After dying the first egg with swirl an egg, I was disappointed by the end result. I checked the box for the instructions again to insure I did not make a mistake. I confirmed that I had followed the directions properly, but my egg looked nothing like the packaging portrays the finished product to look like. I tried again, only to find I had one streak of color and an otherwise plain hard boiled egg. From the first batch of water and dye I had one decent egg and six that looked pretty bad.

I emptied out the first batch and tried again with the cotton candy themed colors to find the same results. I was utterly disappointed by my swirl an egg experience. I proceeded to clean up my stainless steel bowl only to find Swirl an egg dye caked on the inside of the stainless steel bowl, and on one of my spoons. After scrubbing for ten minutes the dye still had not come off of the bowl. I left it soak overnight and have still not been able to get the dish clean!

Swirl An Egg Easter egg dye looks like a fun and easy way to color Easter eggs, but it is an utterly useless product that will not dye eggs but it will stain and ruin your dishes! I will never purchase this brand again. I think from now on I will stick with PAAS egg dying kits. At least you know what you are getting with that product. I would not recommend Swirl An Egg to anyone, it is a messy and ineffective product!