How to Make Deviled Egg "Chicks"

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Decide if you want white chicks(easy

   Follow the manufacturer's instructions.
   
   Most food colorings available will call for a ratio of 1 tsp of vinegar to 20 or so drops of liquid food coloring mixed into half a cup or so of hot water.,, (skip this step if you are after white "chicks".,,, You can be as creative here as you like... straight? jagged? Cut with a garnish knife? Up to you.,, The simplest deviled egg recipes call for mashing up the yolks with some mayonnaise and mustard.
   
   You may use any recipe you like so long as the result is a smooth, easily Pip able, paste the consistency of cake icing.,,,,,
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   Step 2: and no food coloring is involved) or colored chicks.

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   Step 3: Boil your eggs.

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   Step 4: If you want colored eggs

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   Step 5: set up your food coloring baths while the eggs are boiling.

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   Step 6: Cool the cooked eggs and peel them.

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   Step 7: Dye the eggs by dipping them into the food coloring bath.

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   Step 8: Cut the wide end of the egg flat.

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   Step 9: Set the egg up on end.

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    Step 10: Cut the "crack" in the shell.

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    Step 11: Remove the yolk(s) and set them aside to make the filling.

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    Step 12: Set the (now hollow) eggs aside and make your egg filling.

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    Step 13: Pipe the filling into each of the hollow eggs

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    Step 14: taking care to mound it up over the egg to simulate a small chick hatching.

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    Step 15: Add shredded carrot "beaks".

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    Step 16: Add peppercorn or round pieces of olive cut out with a drinking straw for "eyes".

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    Step 17: Place the top of the egg back on the egg

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    Step 18: making it appear as if it is a cap of shell the "chick" is pushing up.

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    Step 19: Show off your handiwork to your friends!

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