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25 Taco Puns That Will Shell Out the Laughs
Updated on Jun. 16, 2025
Do finger foods get any more delicious than tacos? You can pick between crunchy and soft shells, change up the fillings depending on your mood, and pile them high with salsa and cheese. And most tacos are small enough that you can eat more than one in a sitting—so go ahead and mix and match to your heart’s content.
From ancient roots to modern bites, tacos have always played a part in shell-ebrated food history. One of the world’s favorite handheld foods, tacos may have first become popular in the 18th century in Mexican silver mines. Those miners wrapped gunpowder in paper “tacos” before they wrapped food in tortillas. Even earlier, indigenous peoples were folding fish and fillings into corn tortillas long before Taco Tuesday was a thing.
So if you love tacos (and really, who doesn’t?), you’ll want a whole list of taco puns to serve up with your favorite bites. Ready to laugh out loud? Keep scrolling, because these taco puns will have you guac-ing it up in no time.
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Taco one-liners
- Taco chefs live their lives by one motto: Season the moment.
- Live like every day is Taco Tuesday!
- Seven days without tacos makes one weak.
- Don’t eat too many tacos—you’ll put yourself in tacoma!
- I packed you an extra taco—just in queso you need it!
- My favorite princess is Taco Belle!
- Tacos have fillings too!
- Trying to decide what to order? Taco your time.
- We’re getting Mexican food—whether you want to or not. Are you going taco-operate?
- Have a spec-taco-ular day!
- Taco jokes aren’t all corny—they just get a bad wrap.
Musical taco puns
- Let’s give ’em something to taco ’bout.
- Every now and then, I fall apart!
- What’s a taco’s favorite musical genre? Wrap music, of course!
- Hey baby, taco walk on the wild side!
- Taco chance on me!
- Let’s taco ’bout snacks, baby!
Taco jokes
- Did you hear about the tortilla rebellion?
It was a hostile taco-ver.
- Did you hear about the new Mexican restaurant?
It’s the taco the town!
- Why are tortillas such bad conversationalists?
They always tacover you!
- Why doesn’t anyone know Taco Bell’s secret recipe?
Because they keep it under wraps!
- What do you call a semi-aquatic reptile that loves Mexican food?
A tacodile.
- What is a taco’s favorite TV show?
Better Call Salsa.
- Why shouldn’t you trust tacos?
Because they always spill the beans!
- What does a taco say on Saint Patrick’s Day?
“Taco the morning to ya!”
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