The Best Egg Gadgets: Egg Beaters, Egg Cups And More | Tasting Ta

Sure, you could follow that hack that's all over Internet and use an empty water bottle to slurp out yolks. Or you could use an adorable orange fish.

animicausa.com, $14

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Nestle your soft-boiled eggs into textured egg cups (we're eyeing the honeycomb slate) for a colorful take on the pinkies-up breakfast. When you're not serving fancy a.m. bites, use them to hold finishing salts.

westelm.com, $24 for four

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We're all about versatility, and this space-like silicone sac works for more than just hard-boiling eggs (see how it works). You can also blanch, boil and steam vegetables, mussels and whatever else you fancy.

aplusrstore.com, $15

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Even if you're making a modern take on the retro appetizer, pay homage to the deviled eggs of yore with a traditional dish. (And come oyster season, tuck petite West Coast oysters into those indents.)

pallensmith.com, $20

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A round egg on a square sandwich makes for the saddest, driest corner bites around. Get the prime egg-to-carb coverage with a bread-shaped mold.

parkandmain.com, $5

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Store fresh eggs in a ceramic crate inside your fridge, so you can quickly grab them as you need them. Dyeing eggs for Easter? Use it as a pretty display for your handiwork.

fishseddy.com, $10

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Have overnight guests? Make breakfast go smoothly with this pan: Four separate pockets let you cook the eggs to everyone's particular liking—or cook a short stack of pancakes simultaneously.

amazon.com, $190

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That cat is just as unhappy as you are to be out of bed. But a soft-boiled egg (and a hot cup of coffee) can turn any day around.

donnawilson.com, $17

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The ladies behind Spoon Fork Bacon do a whole lot right, so follow their lead on everything eggs. The recipes are divided into four sections (morning, afternoon, night and sweets), and we're thinking a perfect egg day includes baked Egg Clouds for breakfast, avgolemono soup for lunch, poached yolk-stuffed ravioli for dinner and Brazilian custard to top it all off.

amazon.com, $19

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Kudos to the poaching pros. For those who are intimidated by the process (swirling? vinegar? huh?), ease in with a nest that sits right on the edge to make for simple cooking and scooping. 

houzz.com, $12

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Mom always said never to play with your food, but we think she'd make an exception for this playful egg mold.

chefcentral.com, $15

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What to do with that pesky shell of a hard-boiled egg? Discard it right into the little groove made for it. Oh, you need salt? There's a groove for that, too.

danishdesignstore.com, $39

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Wear your heart on your sleeve egg on your phone case. Philly-based illustrator Kendra Dandy's graphic pattern can be made for nine different device sizes of iPhone and Galaxy.

society6.com, $35

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After you made the effort to buy egg cups just for the occasion, you can't half-ass the final presentation. Clip off the top of the egg in one straight, sleek movement with a spring-loaded (yes, spring-loaded) slicer.

williams-sonoma.com, $23

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Making this sort of investment in a singular-egg serving dish may seem ridiculous (and maybe it is), but it's at least a little bit practical: You can poach the egg in the ramekin before propping it up on the most delightful (and only) example of kitchen gear-meets-dollhouse furniture.

lumens.com, $60

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Give your whisk the morning off and reach for an old-school crank handle instead. Who knows, it might just replace that whisk entirely.

worldmarket.com, $13

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