[2] “Beating Heart” deviled eggs color the egg white with beet juice. Here’s the recipe (photos #2 and #4 © Andrew McNeel Publishing).

[3] Oh how cute: Deviled egg chicks for food fun anytime—including Easter. Here’s the recipe—scroll down for the chicks (photo © Julie Blanner)

Even people who rarely, if ever, eat a hard-boiled egg can’t help plucking a stuffed egg off the tray.

You can celebrate plain or fancy. For the plainest, mash the yolk from a hard-boiled egg with some mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, and salt, and garnish with a sprinkle of paprika.

Our Mom liked to mix in pickle relish (although her recipe is actually a stuffed egg—see the difference between stuffed and deviled eggs, below).

A fun fusion food recipe for California Roll Deviled Eggs is below.

For fancy deviled egg recipes, take a look at these:

• Bacon & Cheddar Deviled Eggs
• Barbecue Deviled Eggs
• Beet-ing Heart Deviled Eggs
• California Roll Deviled Eggs
• Crabmeat, Sturgeon & Smoked Salmon Deviled Eggs With Caviar Caps
• Curried Deviled Eggs
• Deviled eggs With Bacon & Cheddar
• Deviled Eggs With Smoked Okra
• Gourmet Deviled Eggs
• Green Deviled Eggs For Spring & St. Patrick’s Day
• Halloween Eyeball Deviled Eggs
• Luxury Deviled Eggs With Caviar, Smoked Salmon & Sturgeon
• Mix & Match Deviled Egg Stuffings
• Pink, White & Green Deviled Eggs For Easter
• Smoky Deviled Eggs
• Spider Deviled Eggs For Halloween
• Sweet Pea Deviled Eggs For Spring

 
Plus:

• How To Make Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs

 
 
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEVILED EGGS & STUFFED EGGS

Stuffed eggs were a popular dish as far back as the Roman Empire.

There are many different recipes for stuffed eggs through the centuries, but the term “deviled eggs” originated in 18th-century England.

“Deviled” refers to the use of hot spices or condiments in a recipe—paprika, mustard, hot sauce, horseradish, chiles, etc.

So all deviled eggs are stuffed eggs, but only stuffed eggs with hot spice are deviled eggs.

For 50 new and creative deviled egg recipes, take a look at D’Lish Deviled Eggs: A Collection of Recipes from Creative to Classic. Here’s a recipe from the book, which fuses ingredients from the California Roll:

 
 
RECIPE: CALIFORNIA ROLL DEVILED EGGS

 
Filling

 
Garnish

 
*This mixture of crumbled nori sheets and toasted sesame seeds has many other uses. It is delicious on rice and potatoes, with eggs, and even in plain Greek yogurt.
 
Preparation

1. HALVE the eggs lengthwise and transfer the yolks to a small bowl. Set the egg white halves on a platter, cover, and refrigerate.

2. MASH the avocado well in a mixing bowl with a fork. Add the yolks and mash to a smooth consistency. Add the mayonnaise, wasabi paste, and salt and mix until smooth. Taste and season accordingly.

3. SPOON the mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a plain or large star tip, then pipe the mixture evenly into the egg white halves. Or fill the eggs with a spoon, dividing them evenly.

4. TOP each egg half with a little crabmeat, a cucumber fan, a sprinkle of furikake, and about 1/4 teaspoon of fish roe.