I’ve been wanting to do this since I was a kid. Dont ask me why I waited this long. I definately should have done this as often as possible ever since I knew that it was possible.

When I was a kid, my mom loved playing April fools jokes on the family. There was a special trick for each one of us, and every year it was different.. for everyone but me.

I dont know if I was just extremely gullible, but I never realized what was going on until after it happened, and then I forgot about it by the next year, so I was totally clueless.

My mom would spend the whole week preparing.

A dozen eggs.

3 packages lime jello.
3 cups boiling water
Package of toothpicks
Tiny funnel
Duct tape
Paring knife.
Vodka

Can you figure out what it is yet?

I guess my weakness was that I always had hard boiled eggs in my lunch. I loved them. It wasnt strange for me to see an egg in my lunchbox, so.. no problem.

I had no idea that on April 1st, they were Lime Jello filled eggs.

The process is simple.
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With the paring knife, tap a small hole in the smaller end of the egg. Tap a slightly larger, though no larger than a pencil eraser, sized hole in the bottom of the egg.

Stick a toothpick in the larger hole and sorta scramble around the egg to make it easier to remove.

Put yer mouth over the smaller hole on the egg and blow. Blow like you would on a trumpet. This is not the time for loose cheeks. You’ll get a whole bunch of jaw pain if you dont tighten up your cheeks when you blow. The egg should come completely out of the shell.

Repeat with each of the eggs.

You’ll need to rinse out the eggs. Use the funnel to fill them each halfway with hot hot hot water, shake them around and then blow the water out. Do this as many times as it takes for the water to come out clean. I take it a step farther and fill them each halfway with vodka, shake them around a bit, let them sit a few minutes, shake them around a bit again and then blow the vodka out. Then I rinse them one more time to remove the vodka (cant have kids with jello shots now can we?)

You’ll want to let them dry for about a day, maybe two. leave them in their egg carton and put the egg carton somewhere no one will find it, except you.

About 24 hours before they’re needed, you’ll want to seal up the small hole on the egg with duct tape. Make sure this is REALLY sealed. The boiling water can make short order of any adhesive seal, so its important that the seal is tight.

Add 1 cup of boiling water per 1 package of jello. When I did this today, I forgot about this part, and I prepared the jello according to the box. This was a bad idea. The jello didnt set up correctly. Basically you’re wanting stiffer eggs that are easier to remove from the shell and that will withstand a bit of handling. Especially if you’re making them for a kid, because they’ll hold it in their hand and show all their friends. heh.

After you’ve sealed up the small end, and you’ve mixed up the jello, let the jello cool a little. Maybe a few minutes. Dont let it set up.

Set the eggs into the carton with the adhesive side down. use the small funnel to fill the eggs with the jello. Once all the eggs are full, wipe them clean of any drips (the green will stain the little egg shells) and place back in the fridge.

So.. I did this this morning. Like I said, I didnt prepare the jello exactly right, but it still worked. I just ended up with more fragile jello.

Rodney wanted to help me out with the photos.. here you go-

“look ma! No holes!”- small holes are imperative when it comes to passing off the april fool. if you can see the hole right off the bat, then thats no fun!

Rodney make short order of the shell. That fuzzy green looking thing is the membrane just under the shell. Dont worry, its not stuck to the jello, I was just being careful when opening it so I didnt kill the jello underneath.

Rodney wanted to feast on the delicious green jello inside. So much for being careful!

This was really fun. I think it’d probably be even more fun to do as a project with kids, or like my mom did, as an april fool or special treat for kids. if you make the jello right, the eggs have the consistancy of jello jigglers, and are way more cool.

Another thing you can do with completely clean and dried blown- eggs is use them as fortune shells. take little pieces of paper and write fortunes on them, roll them up and stick them into the large end of the egg. I also put a small piece of seed beaded jewelry (it was the only thing small enough to fit in the hole.) I did this once as a party game for my little sisters. It was loads of fun because there were a ton of little girls and everyone reached for an egg and got a little surprise.

So.. there you go. Food experiment number 1. I’m starting off slow. cant start blowing things up just yet!

-A.

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