Fruits and vegetables make for fun and challenging riddles! Here are 95 riddles about produce to entertain and stump you. See if you can guess the answers before peeking at the solutions below.
Riddles about Fruits
1. What fruit is always sad?
A blueberry!
2. What key can’t open any door?
A monkey.
3. What fruit would you use to lure someone into a trap?
A banana!
4. If you throw a green one in the Red Sea, what will it become?
Wet.
5. What fruit has fingers?
A glove.
6. What fruit is best to take camping?
A pear – you can pair it with other fruits!
7. Why was the strawberry sad?
Because her parents were in a jam.
8. I am round with a thin skin and grow on trees. What am I?
An orange.
9. What fruit is named after a day of the week?
A date.
10. What fruit comes from New Zealand?
Kiwi.
11. What fruit is useful for telling directions?
A compass, AKA pineapple.
12. What’s yellow and writes?
A ballpoint banana!
13. Why did the banana go to the doctor?
It wasn’t peeling well!
14. What fruit do ghosts like?
Booberries!
15. Why did the orange lose the race?
It ran out of juice!
16. What fruit is fuzzy on the outside but slippery on the inside?
A kiwi.
17. What kind of apple has a short temper?
A crab apple.
18. Why shouldn’t you tell a secret in a orchard?
Because the trees have ears.
19. What fruit can jump higher than a house?
Any fruit. Houses can’t jump.
20. Why was the prune so upset?
He was in a jam.
21. What did the grape say when it got stepped on?
Nothing, it just let out a little wine.
22. What fruit has something to say?
Banana, because it has appeal!
23. What kind of apple wears makeup?
A rouge-y one!
24. Why don’t eggs tell jokes?
They’d crack each other up.
25. What did the papaya say to the honeydew melon?
We make quite the pear!
Riddles about Vegetables
26. What do you call a funny yam?
A funny yam.
27. Why did the vegetable cross the road?
To get to the salad bar!
28. What do you call a fake noodle?
An impasta!
29. What did the onion say to the knife?
You’re tearing me apart!
30. Why are carrots always so clean?
Because they take daily baths.
31. How does a cucumber become a pickle?
It goes through a jarring experience.
32. What do you call a funny mountain?
Hill-arious.
33. What do you call cheese that isn’t yours?
Nacho cheese.
34. Why did the tomato turn red?
Because it saw the salad dressing!
35. What did one potato chip say to the other?
Shall we go for a dip?
36. What do you call a lazy egg?
An unmotivated egg.
37. Why are leeks the most musical vegetables?
Because they have lots of layers!
38. How does broccoli get up the stairs?
One floret at a time.
39. What vegetable was forbidden on the ships of Arctic explorers?
Leeks – because they would leak!
40. Why was the cabbage upset?
It was feeling coleslaw.
41. What did the green pepper say to the red pepper?
Hey, you’re looking jalapeño business!
42. What’s a corn’s favorite music?
Pop!
43. Why did the vegetables get kicked out of the restaurant?
They were causing too much commotion.
44. What did the daddy tomato say to the baby tomato while on a walk?
Ketchup!
45. How did the tomato propose to his girlfriend?
On one knee-d!
46. Why are beets so colorful?
They beet to their own drum!
47. Why was the cabbage white and nervous?
Because it was about to coleslaw!
48. Why was no one buying the farmer’s watermelons?
Because they were too seedy.
49. What’s green and bumpy and hops from garden to garden?
A zucchini frog!
50. What kind of shoes do potatoes wear?
Sneakers!
More Fruits Riddles
51. What fruit is the most loyal?
A pinea-pple!
52. Why was the raspberry sad?
She lost her jam.
53. What do you get when you cross a lemon and an orange?
A lemonorange.
54. How do trees access the internet?
They log on.
55. Why was the apple scared?
It’s parents were at the core!
56. What do you call an apple that plays basketball?
A ballapple.
57. Why did the grape stop in the middle of the road?
Because he ran out of juice.
58. What did the green grape say to the purple grape?
Breathe! You’re turning blue!
59. What’s a foot long and slippery?
A banana peel.
60. What do you call two bananas?
A pair of slippers!
61. What do you call cheese that doesn’t belong to you?
Cheese that doesn’t belong to you.
62. Why did the man eat his clock?
Because it was time for lunch.
63. What kind of award did the dentist receive?
A little plaque.
64. Why do bicycles fall over?
They are two tired!
65. Why did the scarecrow get a promotion?
He was outstanding in his field.
More Vegetable Riddles
66. What do you call a funny sausage?
A funny sausage.
67. Why did the tomato blush?
It saw the salad dressing!
68. What do you get when you cross broccoli and a ghost?
Boo-ccoli!
69. What do you call a dog magician?
A labracadabrador.
70. Why are mushrooms such popular fungi?
They’re really fun guys (fungi)!
71. Why was the mushroom a star quarterback?
He knew all the fungi plays.
72. Why did the mushrooms go to the party?
Because they were fungi!
73. What do you call an Alligator Detective?
An Investigator!
74. What does a house wear?
Address!
75. Why do golfers wear two pairs of pants?
In case they get a hole in one!
76. What do you call a bear with no teeth?
A gummy bear!
77. Why don’t eggs tell jokes?
They’d crack each other up!
78. What’s brown and sticky?
A stick.
79. What did the traffic light say to the car?
Don’t look! I’m changing!
80. What did baby corn say to mama corn?
Where is pop corn?
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed this collection of 95 fruit and vegetable riddles! From bananas to broccoli, oranges to onions, these food puzzles give your brain a fun workout. Let me know which riddles stumped you the most. And if you have any other clever fruit and veggie riddles, feel free to share them in the comments!
