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Food riddles with answers

These fun food riddles are sure to give even the brightest of you food for thought! If you’re hungry for a good riddle, try them out now!

What kind of beans can you not grow in a garden?

April 27, 2025
Riddle: What kind of beans can you not grow in a garden?

Riddle: What kind of beans can you not grow in a garden?

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Jelly beans.

What word can go after big, cream and hard?

April 23, 2025
Riddle: What word can go after big, cream and hard?

Riddle: What word can go after big, cream and hard?

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Cheese.

A fruit on a tree. A tree on a fruit. What is it?

February 12, 2025February 12, 2025
Riddle: A fruit on a tree. A tree on a fruit. What is it?

Riddle: A fruit on a tree. A tree on a fruit. What is it?

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Pineapple.

What does a snowman like to eat for breakfast?

December 18, 2024
Riddle: What does a snowman like to eat for breakfast?

Riddle: What does a snowman like to eat for breakfast?

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Frosted Flakes.

What water can you eat and chew?

November 24, 2024
Riddle: What water can you eat and chew?

Riddle: What water can you eat and chew?

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Watermelon.

What did the walnut say as he was proposing to the almond?

October 9, 2024
Riddle: What did the walnut say as he was proposing to the almond?

Riddle: What did the walnut say as he was proposing to the almond?

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I am nuts about you.

What is the richest nut?

August 23, 2024
Riddle: What is the richest nut?

Riddle: What is the richest nut?

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A cash-ew.

Who is the boss in the dairy factory?

May 23, 2024
Riddle: Who is the boss in the dairy factory?

Riddle: Who is the boss in the dairy factory?

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The big cheese.

How does the gingerbread man make his bed?

May 9, 2024
Riddle: How does the gingerbread man make his bed?

Riddle: How does the gingerbread man make his bed?

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With cookie sheets.

What do you buy but never keep?

May 8, 2024
Riddle: What do you buy but never keep?

Riddle: What do you buy but never keep?

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Food.

What has toes but no feet or legs?

April 29, 2024
Riddle: What has toes but no feet or legs?

Riddle: What has toes but no feet or legs?

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Toma-toes.

What vegetable can you use to tie your shoe lace?

March 28, 2024
Riddle: What vegetable can you use to tie your shoe lace?

Riddle: What vegetable can you use to tie your shoe lace?

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A string bean.

How do you drop a raw egg on a metal floor without breaking it?

February 24, 2024
Riddle: How do you drop a raw egg on a metal floor without breaking it?

Riddle: How do you drop a raw egg on a metal floor without breaking it?

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Just drop it. The raw egg won’t break the metal floor.

What do you call peas that are crazy?

February 12, 2024February 4, 2024
Riddle: What do you call peas that are crazy?

Riddle: What do you call peas that are crazy?

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Peanuts.

What do elves make a sandwich with?

December 24, 2023
Riddle: What do elves make a sandwich with?

Riddle: What do elves make a sandwich with?

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Shortbread.

Where do eggs go on summer vacation?

January 12, 2024December 9, 2023
Riddle: Where do eggs go on summer vacation?

Riddle: Where do eggs go on summer vacation?

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New Yolk City.

A clerk at a butcher shop stands five-feet ten-inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

October 21, 2023
Riddle: A clerk at a butcher shop.

Riddle: A clerk at a butcher shop stands five-feet ten-inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

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Meat.

How did the pancake hurt itself?

September 3, 2023
Riddle: How did the pancake hurt itself?

Riddle: How did the pancake hurt itself?

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Doing backflips.

Where do Pharaohs like to eat when they get hungry?

August 17, 2023
Riddle: Where do Pharaohs like to eat when they get hungry?

Riddle: Where do Pharaohs like to eat when they get hungry?

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Pizza Tut.

What do you call candy that was stolen?

February 12, 2024August 6, 2023
Riddle: What do you call candy that was stolen?

Riddle: What do you call candy that was stolen?

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Hot chocolate.

What fruit is never found singly?

August 1, 2023
Riddle: What fruit is never found singly?

Riddle: What fruit is never found singly?

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A pear.

Why did the doughnut makers close their shop?

July 28, 2023
Riddle: Why did the doughnut makers close their shop?

Riddle: Why did the doughnut makers close their shop?

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They were fed up with the hole business.

What goes on and on and has an I in the middle?

July 27, 2023
Riddle: What goes on and on and has an I in the middle?

Riddle: What goes on and on and has an I in the middle?

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An onion.

I have two eyes but cannot see. I’m hot when cold both red and green.

January 12, 2024July 11, 2023
Riddle: I have two eyes but cannot see. I'm hot when cold both red and green.

Riddle: I have two eyes but cannot see. I’m hot when cold both red and green.

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A chilli pepper.

Why did the grape stop in the middle of the road?

July 3, 2023
Riddle: Why did the grape stop in the middle of the road?

Riddle: Why did the grape stop in the middle of the road?

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Because it ran out of juice.

What do you get if you cross the Man of Steel with a hot beef broth?

June 26, 2024June 15, 2023
Riddle: What do you get if you cross the Man of Steel with a hot beef broth?

Riddle: What do you get if you cross the Man of Steel with a hot beef broth?

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Souperman.

What snacks do you serve at a robot party?

June 5, 2023
Riddle: What snacks do you serve at a robot party?

Riddle: What snacks do you serve at a robot party?

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Assorted nuts.

What kind of apple has a short temper?

June 4, 2023
Riddle: What kind of apple has a short temper?

Riddle: What kind of apple has a short temper?

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A crab apple.

What makes a loud noise when changing its jacket and becomes larger but weighs less?

May 25, 2023
Riddle: What makes a loud noise when changing its jacket and becomes larger but weighs less?

Riddle: What makes a loud noise when changing its jacket and becomes larger but weighs less?

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Popcorn.

I wear a red coat and have a stone in my throat. What am I?

May 13, 2023
Riddle: I wear a red coat and have a stone in my throat. What am I?

Riddle: I wear a red coat and have a stone in my throat. What am I?

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A cherry.

I have six eggs. I broke two, I cooked two and I ate two. How many eggs are left?

January 12, 2024May 1, 2023
Riddle: I have six eggs. I broke two, I cooked two and I ate two. How many eggs are left?

Riddle: I have six eggs. I broke two, I cooked two and I ate two. How many eggs are left?

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I have four eggs left because I broke, cooked and ate the same two eggs.

Take off my skin and I won’t cry but you will! What am I?

March 28, 2023
Riddle: Take off my skin and I won't cry but you will! What am I?

Riddle: Take off my skin and I won’t cry but you will! What am I?

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An onion.

What can provide food before it is alive, while it is alive, and after it is dead?

March 13, 2023
Riddle: What can provide food before it is alive, while it is alive, and after it is dead?

Riddle: What can provide food before it is alive, while it is alive, and after it is dead?

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Chicken.

What did the doctor prescribe to the sick lemon?

February 24, 2023
Riddle: What did the doctor prescribe to the sick lemon?

Riddle: What did the doctor prescribe to the sick lemon?

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Lemon-aid.

I live in the trees though I sound like a sneeze. You hit me with a hammer and eat my brain.

February 26, 2024February 15, 2023
Riddle: I live in the trees though I sound like a sneeze. You hit me with a hammer and eat my brain.

Riddle: I live in the trees though I sound like a sneeze. You hit me with a hammer and eat my brain.

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Cashew.

What food lives at the beach?

February 11, 2023
Riddle: What food lives at the beach?

Riddle: What food lives at the beach?

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Sandwich.

What vegetable loses in every competition but has a great sense of timing?

January 24, 2023
Riddle: What vegetable loses in every competition but has a great sense of timing?

Riddle: What vegetable loses in every competition but has a great sense of timing?

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Beets.

What is the worst vegetable to have on a ship?

November 19, 2022
Riddle: What is the worst vegetable to have on a ship?

Riddle: What is the worst vegetable to have on a ship?

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A leek.

I am what you do to food. Rearrange me and I am what you did to food.

October 18, 2022
Riddle: I am what you do to food. Rearrange me and I am what you did to food.

Riddle: I am what you do to food. Rearrange me and I am what you did to food.

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Eat / ate.

What fruit never wants to be alone?

October 15, 2022
Riddle: What fruit never wants to be alone?

Riddle: What fruit never wants to be alone?

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A pear.

I am a fruit but add a letter to my middle and I become a handkerchief.

March 13, 2024October 11, 2022
Riddle: I am a fruit but add a letter to my middle and I become a handkerchief.

Riddle: I am a fruit but add a letter to my middle and I become a handkerchief.

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Banana (bandana).

What water can you eat?

September 25, 2023October 10, 2022
Riddle: What water can you eat?

Riddle: What water can you eat?

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Watermelon.

Why did the cookie go to the doctors?

September 19, 2022
Riddle: Why did the cookie go to the doctors?

Riddle: Why did the cookie go to the doctors?

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It felt crummy.

What has no beginning or end or middle?

September 15, 2022
Riddle: What has no beginning or end or middle?

Riddle: What has no beginning or end or middle?

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A donut.

First you throw away the outside then you cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and then you throw away the inside. What am I?

September 8, 2022
Riddle: First you throw away the outside then you cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and then you throw away the inside. What am I?

Riddle: First you throw away the outside then you cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and then you throw away the inside. What am I?

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Corn on the cob.

I am a bell but you can’t ring me. I may sound hot but I am not.

September 2, 2022
Riddle: I am a bell but you can't ring me. I may sound hot but I am not.

Riddle: I am a bell but you can’t ring me. I may sound hot but I am not.

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A bell pepper.

What food is never on time?

January 12, 2024August 28, 2022
Riddle: What food is never on time?

Riddle: What food is never on time?

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Choco-late.

What fruit can you use to sip water?

September 25, 2023August 12, 2022
Riddle: What fruit can you use to sip water?

Riddle: What fruit can you use to sip water?

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Strawberry.

What vegetable grows eggs?

January 12, 2024July 16, 2022
Riddle: What vegetable grows eggs?

Riddle: What vegetable grows eggs?

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An eggplant.

The sun bakes them and the hand breaks them. The foot treads on them and the mouth tastes them. What are they?

March 13, 2024July 2, 2022
The sun bakes them and the hand breaks them riddle.

Riddle: The sun bakes them and the hand breaks them. The foot treads on them and the mouth tastes them. What are they?

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Grapes.

A green vegetable that looks like a tree, you’ll find that most children don’t like to eat me. What am I?

February 26, 2024June 27, 2022
Riddle: A green vegetable that looks like a tree, you'll find that most children don't like to eat me. What am I?

Riddle: A green vegetable that looks like a tree, you’ll find that most children don’t like to eat me. What am I?

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Broccoli.

I may make your breath smell but I also fight vampires well. What am I?

June 16, 2022
Riddle: I may make your breath smell but I also fight vampires well. What am I?

Riddle: I may make your breath smell but I also fight vampires well. What am I?

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Garlic.

I am a food that explodes. But long before I explode, I am already dead. I can be small, I can be big, and I can be fragrant. My name is literal. What am I?

June 14, 2022
Riddle: I am a food that explodes. But long before I explode, I am already dead. I can be small, I can be big, and I can be fragrant. My name is literal. What am I?

Riddle: I am a food that explodes. But long before I explode, I am already dead. I can be small, I can be big, and I can be fragrant. My name is literal. What am I?

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Popcorn.

I’m a container without hinges or lock or key but a golden treasure lies inside me.

January 12, 2024June 10, 2022
Riddle: I'm a container without hinges or lock or key but a golden treasure lies inside me.

Riddle: I’m a container without hinges or lock or key but a golden treasure lies inside me.

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An egg.

I am a beer yet kids can drink me and not get drunk. What am I?

June 6, 2022
Riddle: I am a beer yet kids can drink me and not get drunk. What am I?

Riddle: I am a beer yet kids can drink me and not get drunk. What am I?

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Root beer.

I can be red or green and I grow on a vine. I’m dried to make raisins or squeezed to make wine.

May 31, 2022
Riddle: I can be red or green and I grow on a vine. I'm dried to make raisins or squeezed to make wine.

Riddle: I can be red or green and I grow on a vine. I’m dried to make raisins or squeezed to make wine.

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Grape.

What type of cheese is made backwards?

May 26, 2022
Riddle: What type of cheese is made backwards?

Riddle: What type of cheese is made backwards?

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Edam.

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