41 food riddles with answers
Riddles about candy, fruit, vegetables and meals, from easy ones for kids to food word puzzles, with a few harder riddles marked hard.
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Candy riddles
Hold me over a campfire and I get a golden tan without ever going to the beach. What am I?
easy
A marshmallow.
Toasting a marshmallow over a fire turns its outside golden brown.
My name says cotton, but nobody would ever sew with me, because I melt on your tongue. What am I?
easy
Cotton candy.
Cotton candy is spun sugar that looks fluffy like cotton.
My name says I'm a stone, but I'm really sugar crystals on a stick. What am I?
easy
Rock candy.
Rock candy is made by letting big sugar crystals grow on a stick or string.
I'm a campfire treat, and my name is what you ask for after the first one. What am I?
medium
A s'more.
A s'more is a toasted marshmallow and chocolate between graham crackers. The name sounds like "some more."
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?
easy
A jelly bean.
Jelly beans are small, chewy candies shaped like beans.
I'm a chip, but you'd never dip me in salsa. You'll find me in cookies. What am I?
easy
A chocolate chip.
Chocolate chips are small drops of chocolate baked into cookies.
Coins are made in a place with my name, and I also make your breath smell fresh. What am I?
medium
A mint.
A mint is where coins are made, and a mint is also a fresh-tasting candy.
My name warns you to take care of your jaw. What am I?
easy
A jawbreaker.
A jawbreaker is a very hard round candy that you suck on, not bite.
I look like something a robin pulls out of the lawn, but I'm sweet and chewy. What am I?
easy
A gummy worm.
Gummy worms are chewy candies shaped like worms.
I'm an ice cream treat, and I sound exactly like the last day of the weekend. What am I?
medium
A sundae.
SUNDAE sounds the same as SUNDAY.
I'm a bar, but nobody orders a drink at me. I come in a wrapper, full of chocolate. What am I?
easy
A candy bar.
A bar can be a counter that serves drinks, but a candy bar is a sweet you unwrap.
I'm a drop, but I'm not rain. I'm yellow, sour and sugary. What am I?
easy
A lemon drop.
A lemon drop is a small, hard, lemon-flavored candy.
I'm a rope, but you can't climb me or skip with me. You chew me. What am I?
easy
Licorice.
Licorice candy is often made in long twists that look like rope.
I'm the only bear that fits in your mouth. What am I?
easy
A gummy bear.
Gummy bears are small, chewy candies shaped like bears.
I rain down on cupcakes and ice cream, but I'm never wet. What am I?
easy
Sprinkles.
Sprinkles are tiny colored candies shaken over desserts.
Fruit and vegetable riddles
I'm hot even when I come straight out of the fridge. What am I?
easy
A chili pepper.
A chili pepper tastes hot because of what's inside it, not because of its temperature.
I started life as a cucumber, and I'm also what you're in when you're in a tricky spot. What am I?
medium
A pickle.
A pickle is a cucumber kept in salty or sour water, and being in a pickle means being in trouble.
We roll off your fork, and we sound like a word for calm and quiet. What are we?
medium
Peas.
PEAS sounds the same as PEACE.
I'm a dark red vegetable, and I sound like what a drummer keeps. What am I?
medium
A beet.
BEET sounds the same as BEAT.
People say someone who stays very calm is as cool as me. What am I?
medium
A cucumber.
"As cool as a cucumber" is a saying for someone who stays calm.
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?
easy
A grapefruit.
A grapefruit is a big, tangy citrus fruit, a cousin of the orange rather than the grape.
My name has "egg" in it, but I'm a purple vegetable. What am I?
easy
An eggplant.
An eggplant is a vegetable with shiny purple skin.
I'm a vegetable like a giant green onion, and I sound like what a dripping pipe has. What am I?
hard
A leek.
LEEK sounds the same as LEAK.
I'm an herb, and I sound like what a clock tells. What am I?
hard
Thyme.
THYME sounds the same as TIME. The TH sounds like a T.
I'm a small, juicy fruit, and I sound like what a dog does with a bone. What am I?
medium
A berry.
BERRY sounds the same as BURY.
Meals and more
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?
hard
A waffle.
A waffle is a crisp breakfast cake, and to waffle means to keep changing your mind.
I'm a small round bread, and I'm what a ball does down a hill. What am I?
easy
A roll.
A roll is a small bread, and to roll is to turn over and over.
I'm crunchy bread, and I'm also what people do when they raise their glasses together. What am I?
medium
Toast.
Toast is browned bread, and a toast is when people raise their glasses to celebrate someone.
I'm made from milk, and people say my name when they smile for a photo. What am I?
easy
Cheese.
People say "cheese" for photos because the word makes you smile.
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?
easy
A pancake.
PAN and CAKE make PANCAKE.
I'm a fruit dessert baked under a crust, and I'm also a person who fixes shoes. What am I?
hard
A cobbler.
A cobbler is a baked fruit dessert, and a cobbler is also someone who mends shoes.
A pizza is cut into 8 slices. Another pizza of the same size is cut into 12 slices. Which one has more pizza?
medium
Neither.
The two pizzas are the same size, so they hold the same amount. Only the slices are different.
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?
medium
The apple.
Sam had the banana, and Leo didn't have the apple, so Leo had the cherry and Mia had the apple.
Food word riddles
Which fruit is hiding in the word FIGURE?
easy
A FIG.
FIG-URE: the first three letters spell FIG.
Which drink is hiding in the word STEAM?
easy
TEA.
S-TEA-M: the middle letters spell TEA.
Which food is hiding in the word HAMSTER?
easy
HAM.
HAM-STER: the first three letters spell HAM.
Rearrange the letters of PEACH to get a word for something that doesn't cost much.
medium
CHEAP.
PEACH and CHEAP use the same five letters.
Rearrange the letters of PLUM to get a bump on your head.
medium
LUMP.
PLUM and LUMP use the same four letters.
Rearrange the letters of SPOON to get what a nosy person does.
medium
SNOOP.
SPOON and SNOOP use the same five letters.
Rearrange the letters of SAUCE to get the reason something happens.
medium
CAUSE.
SAUCE and CAUSE use the same five letters.
Rearrange the letters of MANGO to get a word that means in the middle of.
medium
AMONG.
MANGO and AMONG use the same five letters.
Plan the round and team scores
8 turns × 60 seconds = 8 minutes of play, plus instructions and breaks.
60
These are adjustable house rules. Pause whenever the group needs more time.
Team 1: 0
Team 2: 0
Use this set with a group
Read a prompt, allow thinking time, then invite an answer or a pass. For a timed round, choose a turn length before starting. A host can keep the printed answers out of view until the round ends.