Egg Soldiers Or Dip Dip Eggs – a Toddler Trick for meal time

Egg Soldiers were a HUGE favourite in our household growing up! My sisters and I would regularly have them for breakfast and on the odd occasion for dinner. There’s something about dipping your soldiers into the gooey yellow yoke that makes this meal so much fun! To make it even more special mum used to draw faces on our eggs and these Dip Dip eggs as they are now known became legend! This is a great meal for those toddlers who are fussy eaters and need a bit of encouragement at meal time.

This toddler trick is perfect for toddlers that love eggs.

What you need:

• - 1 x egg
• - 1 x piece of toast, toasted, buttered and cut into thin slices.
• Permanent marker

How to make and eat:

1. Using a permanent marker draw a fun face on the egg while it’s sitting in the eggcup before cooking! You don’t have to be a great artist – your toddler will think you are wonderful even if you just draw on eyes, mouth and hair! Make sure you use permanent markers and be bold with the colour as it will fade in the pot.

2. Bring a pot of water to the boil, once boiling place your egg in carefully and cook for 3 minutes. If you have an old fashioned egg timer use it! Your toddler will find it a lot of fun watching the sand run through from one side to the other! (If your eggs are from the fridge, place them in cold water and bring to a rolling boil and start timing once boiling for 3 minutes.)

3. When the egg comes out of the pot it will be pretty hot so just be aware of the temperature of the yolk and the egg itself so you or your toddler don’t get burnt.

4. Toast soldiers make wonderful dip-dips; spreading with marmite is optional. Hot, oven fried chips are also great dip-dips for dinner time eggs.

6. Cutting the egg can be done with the Humpty Dumpty song “Humpty dumpty sat on the wall, humpty dumpty had a great fall – now all the King’s horses and all the King’s men couldn’t put Humpty together again”.

7. If your toddler hasn’t had a egg solider before show them how to eat it by dipping a toast soldier into the gooey yokey centre then giving it to your toddler to eat! They should get the hang of it pretty quickly!

8. Once the dipping is finished pop in a little knob of butter and spoon out the rest of the egg from the shell and place it into the egg cup for your toddler to finish off eating with a spoon.

9. Dip Dip eggs are perfect for breakfast, lunch and speedy dinners!