Doughnuts are round, sweet and full of surprises, a lot like a good riddle. This collection mixes easy riddles for kids with real doughnut history from around the world and a few math puzzles you can solve with a box of a dozen.
Every riddle has its own answer, so you will meet sprinkles, churros, Polish pΔ czki and the World War I volunteers who fried doughnuts for soldiers.
Easy Doughnut Riddles for Kids
- I am round with a hole in the middle, and I am often covered in glaze or sprinkles. What am I? π A doughnut
- I am tiny and colorful, and bakers shake me over icing to make treats look like a party. What am I? π Sprinkles
- I am the shiny, sugary coating poured over a warm doughnut. What am I? π Glaze
- I am the little round piece cut from the middle of a doughnut, and I get fried too. What am I? π A doughnut hole
- I am the big pot of hot oil where doughnuts are cooked. What am I? π A fryer
- I am a soft mix of flour, sugar, eggs and yeast before I become a doughnut. What am I? π Dough
- I am the shop that bakes bread and doughnuts before the sun comes up. What am I? π A bakery
- I am a doughnut with no hole, and when you bite me, sweet jam squishes out. What am I? π A jelly doughnut
- I am long and ridged, fried and rolled in cinnamon sugar, and I am popular in Spain and Mexico. What am I? π A churro
- I am twelve doughnuts packed together in one box. What am I? π A dozen
Doughnut History and Fact Riddles
These riddles are based on real food history. The note after each answer explains it.
- I am a holiday on the first Friday in June when Americans celebrate doughnuts. What am I? π National Donut Day (the Salvation Army started it in 1938)
- During World War I, women volunteers fried doughnuts for soldiers in France. What were they nicknamed? π The Donut Lassies
- I am the shorter American spelling of “doughnut.” What am I? π Donut
- Dutch settlers brought fried dough balls to New York with a name that meant “oily cakes.” What were they called? π Olykoeks
- A ship captain named Hanson Gregory claimed he invented me in 1847 so doughnuts would cook evenly. What am I? π The hole in the middle
- I am a rich, filled Polish doughnut that people line up to buy on Fat Thursday. What am I? π PΔ czki
- I am a jam-filled doughnut fried in oil and eaten during Hanukkah, especially in Israel. What am I? π Sufganiyah
- I am the gas that yeast makes, and I puff doughnut dough up until it is light and fluffy. What am I? π Carbon dioxide
- I am the “baker’s” version of a dozen. How many doughnuts am I? π 13
Funny Doughnut Riddles
- Why did the doughnut go to the dentist? π It needed a filling
- Why did the doughnut shop owner quit? π He got tired of the hole business
- What kind of doughnut can fly? π A plain one (plane)
- Which part of a doughnut weighs nothing at all? π The hole
- How many doughnuts can you eat on an empty stomach? π Just one, because after that your stomach is not empty
- I am a ring, but you cannot wear me on your finger. You can eat me instead. What am I? π A ring doughnut
Doughnut Math Brain Teasers
- You have a dozen doughnuts and eat one third of them. How many are left? π 8
- Three friends share two boxes of a dozen doughnuts equally. How many does each friend get? π 8 each
- One doughnut costs $1.50 and a box of six costs $7.50. How much do you save by buying the box? π $1.50
- A shop sells 40 doughnuts every hour for 5 hours. How many doughnuts does it sell? π 200
- A baker makes 4 baker’s dozens. How many doughnuts is that? π 52
- Half of a box of doughnuts is 6. How many doughnuts were in the full box? π 12
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