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
Kimberly
These are just plain cool! Deviled eggs are always a huge hit in my home. Too bad my hubby doesn’t like avocado 🙁
Chef G
Oh that is too bad….avocados and eggs go so well together.
KatyRose
Love the concept of putting avocado in with them. I could see these as also being a big hit around Halloween with the green veins around the outside of the eggs. So fun. – Katy
Chef G
Yes you can make them for many holidays.
Milena
I love deviled eggs! I never thought about adding avocado!
Chef G
Avocado and egg work so well together.
Rosey
I like the idea of changing the colors to match the holiday theme. It does sound easy and I have a house full of egg lovers. 🙂
Chef G
We love eggs too!!
Carol Bryant
My wife loves deviled eggs and we always have them for Easter. I think these are cute for St. Patricks Day. Very festive.
Chef G
Thanks…we rather enjoy them.
Claudia Krusch
This would make for a great fun snack!! I also like how easy it is to make it!
Chef G
Yes they are easy to make.
A GEEK DADDY
I LOVE Deviled Eggs! I’ve never seen this recipe before. I am so going to try The Green Devil. Glad I saw this recipe in time for St. Patrick’s Day.
Chef G
Thanks hope you do.
Laura Funk
Never thought to put avocado in my eggs. This looks like a fantastic tasty idea
Chef G
Avocados and eggs go so well together.
Tamara
I LOVE deviled eggs. I even have a deviled eggs cookbook! I’ve never made them green before, but now I will!
Chef G
A deviled egg cookbook….awesome where did you find that??
Bri
This would make for a great fun snack that I know my family would enjoy. I also like how easy it is to make.
Chef G
They are a great snack…we love eggs here.
Alicia Taylor
That marbling is just beautiful. My family loves devilled eggs, but I’m not a fan of all the fat in the mayo. I’ll have to try it with the avocado. At least that’s a healthy fat.
Chef G
The avocado really does rock in this tasty egg.
Heather lawrence
Thats quite an interesting combination!
I love avocado so I would totally try it… my kids might on Dr. Suess day but I can’t get them to eat eggs now.
Now you just need a side of ham to go with it. **tee hee**
Chef G
Yeah that would be perfect.
Sam | Ahead of Thyme
I have never tried deviled eggs but they look delicious! This is so cute and festive for st pattys day! Thanks for the recipe!
Chef G
Thanks…give them a try they are delicious.
Ashley @Irishred02
these are delicious, we have made them
Chef G
Oh good so glad you enjoyed them.
Robin Rue (@massholemommy)
I have never had a deviled egg before. I would love to try one, though 🙂
Chef G
Oh wow…you are missing out.