Soup Riddles: 30 Warm and Silly Riddles with Answers

I’m a hot dinner you eat with a spoon, not a fork. I’m full of broth, vegetables or noodles, and I warm you up on a cold day. What am I?

I have a round little bowl on the end of a handle. I dip in, scoop up, and carry soup to your mouth without spilling. What am I?

I’m round, I’m deep, and I hold your soup so it doesn’t run all over the table. What am I?

I’m like a giant spoon with a long handle and a deep cup. I dip into the pot and pour soup into your bowl. What am I?

When you’re home sick, this soup is the classic thing to eat. It has bits of chicken, carrots and long, wiggly pasta. What soup is it?

I’m a red soup made from a fruit that people often think is a vegetable. My best friend is a grilled cheese sandwich, for dipping. What soup am I?

I’m a soup full of tiny pasta letters. You can spell your name with me before you eat it. What soup am I?

I’m small, crunchy and salty. People crumble me over their soup or drop me in to float. What am I?

I rise out of a hot bowl of soup like a little ghost. Blow on me and I swirl away. What am I?

“Waiter, what is this fly doing in my soup?”

I’m a lot like soup, but thicker, with big chunks of meat or vegetables and much less liquid. You might eat me with a fork. What am I?

I’m the clear, tasty liquid made by simmering bones or vegetables in water for a long time. Most soups start with me. What am I?

I’m a hearty Italian soup full of vegetables and beans, often with small pasta or rice. What am I?

I’m a thick, creamy soup from New England, often made with clams and potatoes. What am I?

I’m a soup made from slowly cooked onions in broth. I wear a hat of toasted bread and melted cheese, browned under the oven’s broiler. What am I?

I’m made from a round loaf of sourdough with the inside scooped out. Fill me with soup, then eat me too. What am I?

In an old folk tale, hungry travelers come to a village with an empty pot and a single rock. They start “cooking,” and soon every villager adds something, until there’s a delicious soup for everyone. What is the story called?

I’m a soup from Spain made with tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, and I’m served cold, perfect for a hot summer day. What am I?

I’m a Japanese soup with cubes of tofu and bits of seaweed. My flavor comes from a salty paste made from fermented soybeans. What am I?

I’m a soup from Ukraine and Eastern Europe. One root vegetable turns me a deep reddish-purple, and I’m often topped with sour cream. What am I?

I’m a Vietnamese soup of rice noodles in a rich broth, topped with fresh herbs, bean sprouts and lime. My name has only three letters and is said like “fuh.” What am I?

I’m a thick, spicy stew-like soup from Louisiana, often made with shrimp, sausage and okra. My name comes from an African word for okra. What am I?

Pour beaten eggs slowly into hot, swirling broth, and they cook instantly into thin yellow ribbons. What soup is it?

A sign at a restaurant says “Soup du jour.” It’s French. What does it mean?

Finish the old saying: “Too many ____ spoil the broth.”

In Japan, it’s polite to make this noisy sound when you eat a bowl of noodle soup. In many other places, it’s rude. What is it?

A pot holds 12 cups of soup. Each bowl takes 1 and a half cups. How many bowls can you fill?

One bowl of soup takes 10 minutes to cool on the table. How long does it take for three bowls sitting side by side to cool?

Change one letter in SOUP, and you’ll get something you wash your hands with. What is it?

What did the chef say when she tasted her best soup ever?