Devilled eggs made with creamy avocado and a bit of mayo, topped with smoked paprika and encased in a green veined shell. The Green Devil will the hit of the party.
Recipes using avocado are so delicious. Avocado toast for breakfast (for dinner) is nutritiously delicious. Festive Mexican guacamole appetizers are easy to make and more fun to eat.
One of my favourite appetizers to make are bacon and tomato flavoured devilled eggs. I know lots of people hate making them because peeling can sometimes be an issue…but they sure love eating them. They are one of the fastest moving items at my get-togethers.
There are so many flavour combinations that you can use for the devilled egg filling. Everything from mayo, spices, flavoured olive oils, to additions of fresh herbs, olives, cut up pickles…and even smoked salmon. Really it’s a huge outlet for your creative imagination to run wild. Not only can you play around with the “insides” you can have fun with the outside of the egg too.
When my kids were younger (like much younger) we really enjoyed decorating Easter eggs in all those fun colours. That is where the inspiration for these eggs came from. I wanted to make them even more attractive on that hors d’oeuvre platter.
It really is a simple process, and the fun thing is that you can actually change the colours to match a holiday theme. Green is great for occasions like Halloween, Christmas, St. Patrick’s Day and even Easter. How about red for Christmas, Valentine’s Day or even Canada Day. For this version, I chose a green theme…for inside and out.
For the dye, I just used regular Wilton food colouring paste. If you cannot use regular food colouring you can get a green colour from extracting chlorophyll from food such as parsley or spinach. This is how most pasta are coloured. For a video link on this process click here. If it is a red colouring you are looking for you can get that by boiling some beets and reserving the liquid.
Hard boil some eggs. While they are boiling get your colouring water ready. I used a glass bowl to prevent the dye from discolouring a plastic bowl. Once the eggs are boiled and you have cooled them slightly in cold water, take each egg and make some small cracks in the shell all around the egg. Place the eggs fully submerged into the coloured water. I left mine covered in the fridge overnight.
The rest is your normal deviled egg procedure. Peel, stuff with your awesome filling creation…EAT!! The filling for The Green Devil consists of a bit of mayo, an avocado, salt and topped with smoked paprika.
Next time you are looking to impress your guests give these little gems a try….they will fly off the plate!!
For another great appetizer give my Fresh Tomato Bruschetta a try!!
The Green Devil
Ingredients
- 8 hard boiled eggs
- 1 large avocado
- ½ teaspoons salt
- 1 tablespoons mayo
- Smoked paprika for topping
- Green food colouring
Instructions
- For the dye liquid: Prepare a bowl with water and food colouring...enough to submerge all the eggs into.
- Hard boil eggs.
- Cool under cold water.
- Make small cracks in the shell all around the boiled eggs.
- Submerge cooked and cracked eggs in a bowl of coloured water.
- Leave in the fridge overnight.
- Carefully peel the shell from the eggs.
- Cut eggs in half and scoop out yolk into a bowl.
- Mash yolks.
- To the mashed yolks add avocado and mash until smooth.
- Add salt and mayo.
- Stuff shells with filling and top with smoked paprika.
- ENJOY!!
Notes
Debi at Life Currents
What a fun recipe. The kids will love these, and I love the addition of avocado!
Chef G
Me too avocado and egg go so well together.
Lisa @ garlicandzerst.com
what a cute idea! I love deviled eggs, and this would definitely Easter Up our holiday spread! Thank you!
Chef G
Yup they would…hope you give them a try.
The Food Hunter
I’ve got to try these! I bet they taste fabulous
Chef G
They do…eggs and avocados go so well together.
Milena
Deviled eggs are a favorite of mine. I have never tried the avocado! Sounds great!
Chef G
Eggs and avocado work so well together.
Athena
Holy smokes – I never thought to put avocado in a deviled egg. I am totally going to be trying that (and pinning for later). It looks great.
Chef G
It works great…makes the eggs so creamy!!
Lois Alter Mark
Those are so cool looking! I love deviled eggs and those are the most unique ones ever!
Chef G
They are unique for sure.
Donna
I haven’t had devilled eggs in so long, I used to love them! Thanks for including the link for getting green dye naturally – I always do it with beets, but I haven’t tried spinach/parsley yet!
Chef G
You are welcome…hope you give them a try and ENJOY!!
keikilani
I LOVE deviled eggs!!! These look so fun with the green dye.
Chef G
That they are.
Ashley @Irishred02
We made these for a party and they were super tasty! The avocado gives them a nice flavor.
Chef G
Oh so glad you liked them.
Janeane Davis
My family likes deviled eggs. I have never tried this recipe before so I have a surprise for the folks at home.
Chef G
Hope they enjoy them as much as we do.
Amanda Love
I LOVE THIS!! I make a lot of deviled eggs because my family just LOVES it. I will have to make your version.
Chef G
We love them..hope you do to.
Mama to 5 BLessings
What a clever recipe just in time of St. Patty’s Day! Perfect for a holiday celebration!
Chef G
Yes they will work perfect for the celebration.
Tiffany Cruz
I love how those turned out. We like to call them doubled eggs. It all started with my daughter was younger and couldn’t pronounce the letter ‘v’.
Chef G
That’s cute!!
Cathy
Ooh, I love deviled eggs, but not so much avocado (unless it’s guacamole), but this might be a good way to give a try – maybe for St. Patrick’s Day!
Chef G
Avocados and eggs go so well together…give it a try you might just like it.
Helene Cohen Bludman
Wow, they came out great! So pretty. My family loves deviled eggs.
Chef G
Yes they are very pretty for sure.