The restaurant offers two, six, 12, and 24-count egg platters, among other deviled creations. (Joi Louviere/ Courier DFW)
I’ve got good news. You don’t have to wait till next Easter to enjoy delicious deviled eggs—there’s an entire North Texas chain dedicated to serving up the most decadent eggs you’ve ever had.
I recently went to the Deviled Egg Co. in McKinney. It’s one of four locations owned by Raechel Van Buskirk, a Nebraska native who came up with the business idea after realizing that everyone loved deviled eggs, but no one ever wanted to make them. While in Omaha, she sold her eggs through a home kitchen and then a food truck before relocating to North Texas to be near family. She opened her first brick-and-mortar in downtown Denison at the end of 2023, and now there are also locations in Rockwall, Coppell, and, of course, the downtown McKinney location I visited.
I was egg-cited! I perused a menu of 20 different egg flavors, from everything bagel to cheeseburger. My six-pack included crab rangoon egg, jalapeño popper, buffalo chicken, Cali roll, chicken caesar, and walking taco, a recreation of the Dorito snack from ball games. Each bite was strange and then delightful. I mostly ate deviled eggs plain, and adding onion or bell pepper was about as imaginative as I got.
The popper was great because it had lots of crispy bacon for texture and a chipotle sauce. I also enjoyed the crisp of the wonton chip on the rangoon, and I could taste the cream cheese whipped into the egg yolk. The Caesar salad egg wasn’t horrible; it was just strange to me. I ranked it the lowest of my tries, but, funny enough, it’s the owner’s favorite variety. My top was definitely the Cali roll. It was full of flavor, salty and sweet, with a crisp piece of cucumber on top. My six egg halves cost me $12.99 and were surprisingly filling.
There are so many more flavors to try, as well as the protein egg bowls, where the flavors become entire egg salads. They also serve the egg mixes on bagels.
I love the creativity of this idea and the range of options for all our different taste buds. Others love them too. The shop made it on the investor show “Shark Tank,” and was a hit with the judges, so much so that Mark Cuban and Barbara Corcoran gave $250,000 for 20% equity in the business. It now ships nationwide.
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