The packaging contains a chemical layer which, when triggered, generates heat and cooks the raw egg in just two minutes - half the time it takes in water.
The 'Gogol Mogol', named after a Russian egg dish, was created by a Russian team of inventors known as KIAN, and designed by Evgeny Morgalev, the 'Daily Mail' reported.
The outer layer is made from the sort of paperboard traditionally used to make egg boxes.
Beneath this there are three more layers. One is infused with calcium hydroxide and other chemicals, and the other is a 'smart layer' containing water.
Between these two inner layers is a membrane which is removed by pulling a cardboard tab. Once this is taken out, the calcium hydroxide reacts with the water in the smart layer to generate enough heat to cook the egg inside.
The technology has been used in the past to create self-heating cans of sausages and beans.
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This is the first time that designers have been able to apply the chemical heat generation, known as an exothermic reaction, to an egg.
Although the egg is cooked after just two minutes, the heating process inside the packaging will continue for up to three minutes.
Depending on when they decide to twist off the cardboard cap, users can go for a runny or hard-boiled yolk.
The Gogol Mogol cannot be reused and must be thrown away after a single use, but has been created out of recycled materials to reduce waste.
It also won an award from the European Packaging Design Association.
"The product is just a usual egg in an unusual package, possessing unique product properties," a spokesman for KIAN said.
"It uses calcium hydroxide and water, so when the components come together a large amount of heat appears. Under the cardboard layer is a catalyst and a membrane, which separates the catalyst from a smart material," the spokesman said.
"When you pull out the membrane by stretching a tag, the chemical reaction between the catalyst and a smart material begins, and the egg begins to heat up," the spokesman added.
The technology has worked during trials, but no food company has yet come forward to make it available to shoppers.