In response to the hubby and I deciding to eat healthier, we have been consuming more protein, including eggs. Over the last few months we have been having an egg or two everyday! That’s a lot of eggs!
He eats them every which way. Egg scrambles before work, egg salad sandwich for lunch, deviled eggs, etc… but as for me, I prefer them plain old hard-boiled.
Since we do eat so many eggs, I was wondering if there were any products to help me cook them. Then I saw the commercial for the “As Seen on TV” Eggies. Here is the video:
Eggies were invented by a Houston mom named Betsy Kaufman who came up with the idea while boiling eggs in her kitchen one morning. Betsy is an inspiration for any average person who has an idea! (I’ve thought of inventions before, but never acted on it.)
Well Edison Nation is how you can make your invention happen! And her story is the success story of that! ! Eggies are just one of several products created by everyday people with great ideas and developed and brought to market by Edison Nation. (Read more about her story.)
So I got them. 🙂
PACKAGING – Upon opening the box, I first noticed the eggxtra bonus gift of the yolk/egg white separator. Woot! Then, I found that each of the 6 Eggies have 4 parts to them – that means there are 24 parts total for just 6 Eggies. That is a lot of small parts. Luckily all the plastic pieces are BPA free and dishwasher safe.
PREPERATION – The first step to using the Eggies, is you have to grease up all the insides. We did this by spraying oil on a paper towel and wiping the inside of each one. Note: This has to be done before ever use. That took a couple of minutes and was an unexpected step.
Next, we put together the 3 piece portion – snap on the top and bottom and twist on the center piece. I used my hubby’s strong grip to tighten the Eggies (because I read they can leak). I then cracked each egg into the Eggies, with a little spillage. I used large eggs and could not imagine using any bigger than that. Probably the best would be medium. This is because the top hole is kind of small. Lastly, you twist on the top lid piece. Now, you are finally ready to boil the Eggies.
TESTING – Actually cooking the Eggies is the easy part (compared to the preparation and the clean-up). Simply drop the Eggies in a saucepan, making sure they are floating. Bring to a boil. We cooked the Eggies for 15 minutes for the perfect degree of doneness.
Taking the Eggies out of the plastic containers was a small challenge. Some came out after just a sharp bang on the counter, but as for the others, I ended up using a butter knife to ease them out a bit.
CLEANING – They don’t get completely clean in the dishwasher. I recommend scrubbing them before you put them in the top rack of the dishwasher. And like I said before, there are 24 different little pieces. 🙂
RESULTS – As for the actual egg… they were perfect! None of the Eggies leaked (thanks to my strong husband twisting skills). They turned out flat on one side, and oval on the other. They were pretty. No indents or chunks missing, like you can get when you peel them from the shell.
- No peeling
- Flat surfaced egg results
- Perfect hard-boiled egg for presentation purposes
- Add spices to before boiling
- Egg white only hard-boiled Eggies
CONS:
- 24 individual pieces
- Can leak if not tight
- More effort required than commercial displays
- Small top, may spill some egg
Overall, Eggies have some good and some bad. If you don’t like peeling hard-boiled eggs, these are a great solution. In fact, I don’t know of any other solution!
As for me, I won’t be using Eggies everyday (mainly because the company does not recommend saving them for later use). But I will be using them for holidays (Easter, Thanksgiving) and parties. They make the perfect shaped hard boiled egg. So for presentation purposes – Eggies make very pretty looking eggs.
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