The Best Egg Cups

Buying Guide

Eating a boiled egg, especially a soft-boiled one, while it’s in its shell can be challenging if you don’t have the right vessel. After all, you need something to hold the egg in place while you crack open the top of the shell and scoop out the ooey-gooey insides. Enter the egg cup, a simple vessel designed for one task: holding boiled eggs.

An egg cup consists of two parts which are fused together: a small bowl to hold the egg and a small pedestal to hold up the bowl. To use the egg cup, all you have to do is place the boiled egg inside the cup. You can use a spoon to gently crack open the top of the eggshell and remove it from the egg, Then use a spoon to scoop out the whites and yolk. You can also salt and pepper the egg at this time if you wish. The whites and yolk should come out effortlessly from the shell using just a spoon. Discard the eggshell once you’ve eat the egg.

If you have trouble cracking the eggshell in the right place without making a mess, you can get an egg cup which comes with an egg top cutter. Much like it sounds, this is a little gadget that you place on top of the egg when it is sitting in the egg cup. The egg top cutter has a little handle on the top, which you release, and this moves a spring in the handle which cuts the eggshell. You can then remove the top of the eggshell off the boiled egg all in one piece, eliminating any mess.

• Egg cups can be sold in singles or in sets of multiples, such as four egg cups in a set. Consider how many people like to eat boiled eggs in your household. Even if you have only one or two people who like to eat boiled eggs, you may want to have multiple egg cups in case they want to eat multiple eggs at once. This way, each egg can sit in its own egg cup.
• Cracking the eggshell of a boiled egg is almost an art. If you hit the egg too hard, you may indent the whites along with cracking the shell, or you may crack the shell in too many places. If you hit it too softly, you won’t crack it enough to remove the shell. The best course of action if to use the back of a teaspoon and swiftly but gently tap the egg one on the side close to the top. This should make a clean break in the shell, and then you can use the spoon or your fingers to lift off the top of the egg shell.
• While egg cups are the perfect vessel for eggs, they can also be used for other foods. For example, you can use egg cups to serve dips like salsa and guacamole to eat with tortilla chips. They can also hold candies during celebrations like Easter as they work well with the theme.
• The classic pairing for soft-boiled eggs is toast soldiers. To make toast soldiers, grab a piece of bread and place it in the toaster. Once it has crisped up to your liking, butter it sparingly. Next, cut the piece of toast into long and slender strips. These are the perfect shape and size to dip into the yolk of a soft-boiled egg.