The Best Natural Dyes for Pickling the Prettiest Eggs

So, you’ve recently gotten into egg pickling. (No? Let us help you out.) Straightforward pickled eggs are just fine, but Chris Morocco, one of the great minds in the Bon Appétit test kitchen, recently designed a recipe for creating versions you’ll want to keep on display, using ingredients you probably already have in your healthyish pantry. “Those smelly Alka-Seltzer dye pellets are more than fine for eggs slated for backyard hiding places, but, when it comes to dyeing eggs that you actually want to eat, natural is the way to go,” he says. Here are our top four pickling ingredients and the best ways to use them.