Stop, drop, and… pass those rolls! It’s almost time to catch up with friends and family for Thanksgiving. While planning and preparing for the big dinner can feel stressful, there’s no reason why one shouldn’t take a break and rejoice in some topical humor. Check out this list of 55 funny Thanksgiving jokes and riddles with answers that can be shared with the entire family for a lot of laughs and giggles!

Thanksgiving jokes and riddles with answers

1. How did the salt and pepper welcome all the guests?
Answer: “Seasoning’s Greetings!”

2. What has ears but cannot hear, has flakes but has no hair?
Answer: Corn

3. What smells the best at every Thanksgiving dinner?
Answer: One’s nose!

4. Why did the turkey skip dessert?
Answer: Because it was already stuffed!

5. Which sport do pumpkins and gourds love?
Answer: Squash

6. Why did the turkey cross the road?
Answer: To prove that it wasn’t a chicken!

7. Why did the chefs cross the road?
Answer: Because they were chasing the turkey!

8. Which side of the turkey has the most feathers?
Answer: The outside!

9. What do people call rain on Turkey Day?
Answer: Fowl weather

10. Why was the turkey asked to join the band?
Answer: Because it already had its own drumsticks.

11. How do little pumpkins cross the road?
Answer: With a crossing gourd.

12. What sound does a turkey’s phone make?
Answer: “Wing-wing”

13. Why is corn so popular on Thanksgiving?
Answer: Because it is “a-maize-ing”!

14. What sound does a limping turkey make?
Answer: Wobble, wobble!

15. Why do turkeys gobble?
Answer: Because they never learned good table manners.

16. What is a turkey’s favorite dessert?
Answer: Peach gobbler

17. What is a scarecrow’s favorite fruit?
Answer: Straw-berries

18. Why did the turkey seasoning taste a little weird last year?
Answer: We ran out of thyme!

19. What’s the potato’s favorite game to play?
Answer: MASH!

20. Where do turkeys go to dance?
Answer: The butter ball!

21. What does one say to the winner of the corn-shucking contest?
Answer: Corn-gratulations!

22. What do sweet potatoes wear to bed?
Answer: Yammies!

23. Why don’t the side dishes tell jokes?
Answer: They are too corny!

24. What does one tell their joke-ster cousin on Thanksgiving?
Answer: That they’re on a cass-roll!

25. How does a turkey travel?
Answer: It takes the gravy tray-n!

26. When does one serve rubber turkey?
Answer: On Pranksgiving!

27. Why do turkeys love rainy days?
Answer: They love fowl weather!

28. Knock Knock! Who’s there?
Arthur! Arthur who?
Arthur any leftovers?

29. If leaves come from trees, where do turkeys come from?
Answer: Poultries!

30. How do turkeys cross the ocean?
Answer: On a gravy boat.

31. Why did the turkey go to the doctor?
Answer: It was feeling a bit stuffy.

32. What does one call a turkey that has been to the gym?
Answer: “Buff”-et

33. Why did the pumpkin pie go to the dentist?
Answer: It needed a filling.

34. What does one get when they cross a turkey with a centipede?
Answer: Drumsticks for everyone!

35. What does one say when they have to leave Thanksgiving before dessert?
Answer: “Pie-pie!”

Thanksgiving jokes and riddles for teenagers

36. Did you hear the one about the rude turkey?
Answer: It was jerk-y.

37. When are turkeys the most grateful?
Answer: The day after Thanksgiving!

38. Why should one never share secrets in the cornfield?
Answer: Because the corn has ears!

39. What’s a great song to sing while cooking turkey?
Answer: All About That Baste

40. Why did the turkey bring a microphone to dinner?
Answer: He was ready for a roast!

41. What does one get if they divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?
Answer: A pumpkin pi!

42. Why was Thanksgiving soup so expensive?
Answer: It had 24 carrots!

43. If we feel scared on Halloween and jolly on Christmas, how do we feel on Thanksgiving?
Answer: Stuffed!

44. Why did the cranberries go red?
Answer: Because they saw the turkey dressing.

45. What’s the best dance to do on Thanksgiving?
Answer: The turkey trot!

46. What would a turkey be called if it turned into a ghost?
Answer: A poultrygeist!

47. Why did the scarecrow win the Nobel Prize?
Answer: It was outstanding in its field!

48. Can a turkey jump higher than the Empire State Building?
Answer: Yes, buildings can’t jump.

49. Who didn’t have any friends at Friendsgiving?
Answer: The turkey.

50. What does one get when a turkey lays an egg on top of a barn?
Answer: An egg-roll.

51. Knock Knock! Who’s there?
Mustache! Mustache who?
I mustache you to carve the turkey!

52. What did the mashed potatoes say to the sweet potatoes?
Answer: I yam what I yam!

53. What does one get when they cross a turkey with a computer?
Answer: A lot of bytes!

54. What’s the best thing to put into a pumpkin pie?
Answer: One’s teeth!

55. Why did the cranberry sauce turn to the turkey for advice?
Answer: It was in a jam.

These funny Thanksgiving jokes and riddles are sure to keep everyone amused throughout the night!