41 food riddles with answers

Hold me over a campfire and I get a golden tan without ever going to the beach. What am I?

Hint: Think of a white, puffy treat that goes on a stick.

My name says cotton, but nobody would ever sew with me, because I melt on your tongue. What am I?

Hint: Look for a pink, fluffy treat sold at fairs on a paper cone.

My name says I'm a stone, but I'm really sugar crystals on a stick. What am I?

Hint: Its crystals look like the shiny ones in a museum.

I'm a campfire treat, and my name is what you ask for after the first one. What am I?

Hint: Say the name fast and it sounds like asking for seconds.

I'm a bean, but nobody ever planted me in a garden. I'm chewy and sweet, and I come in every color. What am I?

Hint: It is small and shiny and comes in flavors like cherry and lime.

I'm a chip, but you'd never dip me in salsa. You'll find me in cookies. What am I?

Hint: The best-known cookie has little brown bits baked in.

Coins are made in a place with my name, and I also make your breath smell fresh. What am I?

Hint: Picture a cool, fresh flavor in gum and toothpaste.

My name warns you to take care of your jaw. What am I?

Hint: This candy is so hard you should suck it, not bite it.

I look like something a robin pulls out of the lawn, but I'm sweet and chewy. What am I?

Hint: Picture what wiggles in the dirt after a rainy day.

I'm an ice cream treat, and I sound exactly like the last day of the weekend. What am I?

Hint: Say the dessert name out loud and listen for a day of the week.

I'm a bar, but nobody orders a drink at me. I come in a wrapper, full of chocolate. What am I?

Hint: Find it by the checkout at the store, in a shiny wrapper.

I'm a drop, but I'm not rain. I'm yellow, sour and sugary. What am I?

Hint: Start with the sour yellow fruit.

I'm a rope, but you can't climb me or skip with me. You chew me. What am I?

Hint: It is often red or black and comes in long twists.

I'm the only bear that fits in your mouth. What am I?

Hint: It is chewy, comes in bright colors and has tiny ears.

I rain down on cupcakes and ice cream, but I'm never wet. What am I?

Hint: Look for tiny colored bits shaken over the top of a cupcake.

I'm hot even when I come straight out of the fridge. What am I?

Hint: Here hot means spicy, not warm.

I started life as a cucumber, and I'm also what you're in when you're in a tricky spot. What am I?

Hint: Picture a sour green snack that comes in a jar.

We roll off your fork, and we sound like a word for calm and quiet. What are we?

Hint: Say the word out loud and think of no more fighting.

I'm a dark red vegetable, and I sound like what a drummer keeps. What am I?

Hint: Say the vegetable aloud and listen for drum music.

People say someone who stays very calm is as cool as me. What am I?

Hint: It is long and green and often sliced into salads.

My name says I'm a grape, but I'm about as big as a softball, and I grow on a tree. What am I?

Hint: It is a big, sour cousin of the orange that you eat with a spoon.

My name has "egg" in it, but I'm a purple vegetable. What am I?

Hint: Look for a shiny purple vegetable shaped a bit like a big pear.

I'm a vegetable like a giant green onion, and I sound like what a dripping pipe has. What am I?

Hint: Think of what a plumber comes to fix under the sink.

I'm an herb, and I sound like what a clock tells. What am I?

Hint: Say it aloud with a plain T sound at the start.

I'm a small, juicy fruit, and I sound like what a dog does with a bone. What am I?

Hint: Say the fruit name out loud and picture a dog digging in the yard.

I'm a breakfast with little square dents, and I'm also what you do when you can't make up your mind. What am I?

Hint: Picture a breakfast cooked in a grid-patterned iron.

I'm a small round bread, and I'm what a ball does down a hill. What am I?

Hint: Think of the little bread served in a basket at dinner.

I'm crunchy bread, and I'm also what people do when they raise their glasses together. What am I?

Hint: Think of a speech at a wedding, with glasses raised.

I'm made from milk, and people say my name when they smile for a photo. What am I?

Hint: Remember the word a photographer asks you to say.

My first half is what you fry things in. My second half is a birthday treat. Together you stack me and pour syrup on top. What am I?

Hint: Start with what you fry eggs in.

I'm a fruit dessert baked under a crust, and I'm also a person who fixes shoes. What am I?

Hint: Picture a peach dessert, then an old shop that mends boots.

A pizza is cut into 8 slices. Another pizza of the same size is cut into 12 slices. Which one has more pizza?

Hint: Compare the size of the two whole pizzas, not the slices.

Mia, Leo and Sam each ate a different fruit: an apple, a banana and a cherry. Leo didn't eat the apple, and Sam ate the banana. What did Mia eat?

Hint: Start with Sam, then figure out Leo.

Which fruit is hiding in the word FIGURE?

Hint: Look at the first three letters of the word.

Which drink is hiding in the word STEAM?

Hint: Cover the first and last letters and read the middle.

Which food is hiding in the word HAMSTER?

Hint: Look at the start of the word for a sandwich meat.

Rearrange the letters of PEACH to get a word for something that doesn't cost much.

Hint: Think of a word for low-priced that starts with C.

Rearrange the letters of PLUM to get a bump on your head.

Hint: Only one letter moves, from the front to the back.

Rearrange the letters of SPOON to get what a nosy person does.

Hint: Keep the S at the front and read the other letters backward.

Rearrange the letters of SAUCE to get the reason something happens.

Hint: Two letters trade places; try the first and the fourth.

Rearrange the letters of MANGO to get a word that means in the middle of.

Hint: Start the word with A, then fit the rest in behind it.