Mission, can. – With egg prices stubbornly High, Internet has offered a lot of alternatives, with artisans painting rocks and influential people dyeing everything, from Malvaviscos to potatoes.
“Finally, a use for Pize B!” A commentator wrote in response to a video posted on Facebook.
But in the middle of the emojis, hahaha and people who simply publish “huh”, there has been much interest of the parents aware of prices as US egg prices. UU. increased again last month to reach a new record of $ 6.23 per dozen. It could come from relief: there is evidence that prices are falling, and groceries can start offering discounts so that buyers are at the door.
But even with all that, egg prices are higher than ever. That has the idea of coloring potatoes or rocks, which first did the rounds after a 2023 increase in prices, making a resurgence.
A video that circulates shows a smiling mother filling cupcake cans with dye. Then, his son got Malvaviscos with toothpicks before lowering them gently in the dye and proudly show the creations in a glass source. Another influencer created Malvisco chicks to submerge the marshmallow in yellow food coloring, the black glaze points to create eyes and then join the orange mANDMore for a nose and feet.
Other videos have buyers starting the strong bags of potatoes from the shelf, along with the egg dye.
“Popes are the only thing I can pay,” a grateful online commentator published. Another reduced it to a single word response: “cheaper.”
Kelly Friedl of Chicago Dyes Eggs for Easter with their two children every year. But due to the high prices of this year, an alternative occurred to him: aluminum eggs. Cut cardboard egg shapes, wrap them in aluminum foil and you will have bright eggs to decorate and reuse.
“Our mother used to buy three dozen eggs,” said Friedl, 59, who leads a child care product company called Urban Infant. “I don’t think we have even eaten all the eggs, but it is the memory of doing something with your mother.”
For many families like Friedl’s, dye eggs is not so much about eating eggs. That meant that some went wrong in the refrigerator was not so important when a dozen cost less than $ 2, as they did constantly for years, outside the 2015 avian flu outbreak and the current one. But not now.
Paas, a supplier of egg tinged kits, said that, although 94% of those who celebrate Easter will dye the eggs this year, 78% of families said they would dye less than in recent years due to expenses.
Craft retailer Michaels said his artisanal egg kits are flying from the shelves. The sales of two of the kits increased by 20% compared to the same time last year, said Melissa Mills, Senior Vice President and General Michaels Marketing Manager.
Walmart, the largest retailer in the country, refused to comment on the sales of colored plastic eggs and other alternatives, but said it was not the first year that took them. Among some options for buyers: a cardboard of 12 plastic eggs that include four liquid dye packages and four egg tint bags and easter play-doh eggs.
Despite the change in tradition, Friedl’s family looks forward to vacations.
“We are a super cunning family and the most valued gift of our house is a gift that someone has made to you,” Friedl said. “We meet every year and make eggs, and we love it.”
Dee-Ann Durbin, Caroll Hannah and Josh Funk contributed to this report. Raza reported from Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
