If you’re planning to serve deviled eggs at your next holiday gathering—or any party, really—you’ll want to know this viral kitchen hack that’s saving home cooks everywhere serious time and effort.
Deviled eggs are the ultimate make-ahead appetizer: elegant, crowd-pleasing, and perfectly portable. But let’s be honest—peeling, halving, and carefully scooping out yolks one by one is a slow, messy chore. That is, until now.
Enter a brilliantly simple technique that’s taken TikTok by storm—racking up nearly 27 million views—and for good reason. Demonstrated by Andrea VanDerwerker, this method lets you halve hard-boiled eggs in seconds, release the yolks effortlessly, and keep your knife spotless for the next cut.
Here’s how it works: Place a peeled, hard-boiled egg on your cutting board. Hold your knife horizontally at the egg’s equator. Instead of pressing straight down, apply gentle pressure and roll the blade around the egg’s circumference—much like you’d cut around the pit of an avocado or a peach. The knife slices cleanly through the white without piercing the yolk, which remains intact just long enough to drop out on its own as the halves separate.
The result? Two perfect egg-white halves with smooth, hollow centers—ready to be filled—and a neat pile of loose yolks, no scooping required.
And yes, it’s as safe as it is efficient. You simply hold the egg steady with one hand while guiding the knife with the other—no fancy tools, no extra steps.
Comments on the video say it all: “I went to culinary school and they didn’t teach me this?” and “This is going to come in handy!”
For anyone who’s ever dreaded deviled egg prep, this trick is an absolute game-changer. Your next party platter just got a whole lot easier—and faster—to assemble.
@sparkleandscore I’m just now figuring this out after almost 30 years on this spinning rock?
