67 Yam Jokes That Will Peal You Over With Laughter

Get ready to yam it up with our appetizing harvest of hilarity! This bumper crop of 67 puns and jokes are all about yams – the humble root vegetable that doesn’t often make the center stage for comedy. But, prepare yourselves because we’re about to change that. We promise these chuckles will root themselves deep in your heart, and have you laughing so hard, you’ll practically sprout leaves (okay, not really, but you get the idea!).

So, if your funny bone is itching for a good scratch or if you’re just a die-hard fan of amusing plays on words, then you are in the right furrow, my friend! Brace yourself for some tuber-iffic humor that’ll have you saying Oh my yam! before you know it. So, dig in folks – your laughter harvest awaits!

  • When a gardener goes to plant sweet potatoes, what kind of socks does he put on his feet? Garden hose!
  • What do you get when you cross a sweet potato with a crystal? A yam-ethyst!
  • Why don’t yams get stressed? Because they’re already baked!
  • Do you know what bedtime story mother yams read to their little sweet potatoes? Green Eggs and Yam!
  • What kind of jokes are sweet potatoes known for telling? Yam-mama jokes!
  • I saw two of the craziest things today. The first was a sweet potato that could write. The second was when the sweet potato started writing with the other hand. It was yam-bidextrous!
  • Do you know which potato is the smartest one in the whole garden? I yam!
  • What makes four o’clock in the morning the perfect time to bake any kind of sweet potato dish? Because it is for-a-yam!
  • Why did the yam enroll in culinary school? So it could become a renowned potateau artist!
  • What pairs perfectly with a slice of sweet potato pie? My teeth!
  • What do yams and pumpkins have in common? They both look like squash when they are mashed.
  • What is another name for a yam that has been stolen? A hot potato!
  • If a sweet potato wrote a science fiction TV show, what would it be called? Starch Trek!
  • What would a yam say while leaving a party? I yam what I yam!
  • What horror movie do sweet potatoes not like to watch? Silence of the Yams!
  • Why did the yam go to therapy? It couldn’t deal with the mashing pressure!
  • What’s a yam’s advice to a pumpkin during Halloween? Don’t get smashed, get mashed!
  • What do you call a sweet potato that’s gone bad? Yam Bam, Thank You Ma’am!
  • What is a potato’s favorite song? Yam it by Bruno Mars!
  • What do you call the awards show for all the creative sweet potatoes out there? The Yammy Awards!
  • Why did the yam go to jail? For stalking celery!
  • What do you call an overturned truck of potatoes on the highway? A complete traffic yam!
  • What is the favorite exercise of a sweet potato? The Yam-string stretch!
  • What do you call an overweight sweet potato? A full-bellied yamburger!
  • Why was the yam late for dinner? It was stuck in a traffic yam!
  • Why couldn’t the sweet potato make it to the meeting in time? Because it yammed too much!
  • What is it that makes sweet potatoes so productive at work? They aren’t couch potatoes!
  • What would a potato say in an argument? I’m right, you’re fried!
  • What do you get if you cross a monk with a yam? A medatator!
  • What do you call a sweet potato who can play music? A yam-jammin’ musician!
  • It’s impossible to be upset with a yam. Those potatoes are just too sweet.
  • What do you call a fast potato? A Yam-aha motorcycle!
  • How are thieves that steal yams judged? They are sentenced to eternal yamnation!
  • Why are sweet potatoes the most likable vegetable? They always yamtreat everyone nicely!
  • Which breed of monkey loves sweet potato fries? A Chipmunk!
  • What do you call a casserole made with Swedish yams? A Swede potato casserole!
  • Do you know what the difference is between sweet potato soup and split pea soup? The color.
  • Why couldn’t the sweet potato stop laughing? One co-yammedian was too funny!
  • Do you know who is best friends with the sweet potatoes? Cinnamon & butter!
  • What do you call junk mail that is full of stuff about sweet potatoes? Sp-yam!
  • Why do so many people love sweet potato wedges so much? Because they are just that a-peeling!
  • How do you persuade a yam into taking the form you would like it to be? You mash them into that shape!
  • Why will you never find any sweet potatoes when attending a Halloween party? Because they are all afraid of the Monster Mash.
  • Why did the sweet potato join a band? So, it could yam out with its friends!
  • What do all little sweet potato boys dream of becoming when they grow up? They dream of becoming a sports common-tater!
  • What do you get when you cross a sweet potato with a cow’s hide? A suede potato!
  • What do you call a yam that has been cut into thin strips? Chip.
  • What do you call a stadium filled with sweet potatoes in the bleachers? Speck tators!
  • What do you call a sweet potato that has had a little too much to drink? Yammered!
  • Do you know what they call a baby sweet potato in the kitchen? A small fry!
  • What do you call a bunch of sweet potatoes with bad gas? Tater toots!
  • What is a potato’s favorite horror movie? The Yam-ityville Horror!
  • What do you call an argumentative sweet potato? A real agi-tater!
  • When you take the circumference of a sweet potato and divide it by the diameter of the yam, what do you get? Sweet potato pi!
  • Why are yams also called sweet potatoes so often? Because they are always nice to those around them.
  • Why did the sweet potato slam on its breaks in the middle of the highway suddenly, almost causing a major accident? She saw a fork in the road ahead.
  • What is a fashionable potato’s dream? Being a next top yam-del!
  • What do you call a group of singing potatoes? Yam Band!
  • What do you call a sandwich made with a sweet potato patty? A Yam-burger!
  • What is the best way to make a sad baked sweet potato happy? Butter it up!
  • How did the sweet potato get over being misidentified by the rest of the vegetables? It made yam-ends with them!
  • What do you call it when a freshly baked sweet potato is dropped on the floor? A yam shame!
  • What was the reason the police gave the yam when he was pulled over? He peeled out of the parking lot onto the highway.
  • How do yams win beauty pageants? With their eye-catching peels!
  • What makes sweet potatoes such poor investigators? Because they don’t have the eyes for spotting crucial details.
  • What kind of pyjamas do sweet potatoes wear to bed? Yammies!
  • Why did the yam stop rolling? It hit the bottom of the pot!

Well there you have it, folks! That was the last of our yam-tastic puns, proving that laughter really is a-peeling. From the root of all humor to the s-mashing punchlines, each of these 67 jokes has left us truly yam-used. Remember, yams aren’t just for dinner anymore, they’re a hearty slice of humor too. Next time, when life gets tough, just yam it up with a pun or two! Have a good yam… I mean, day!