“What kind of coffee does a vampire drink?”/“De-coffinated.”
A popular vampire riddle is:
Q: What kind of coffee does a vampire drink?
A: Decoffinated.
The joke has been cited in print since at least 1995.
4 June 1995, The Sun-Herald (Sydney, Australia), pg. 87, col. 3:
Q: What type of coffee does a vampire drink?
A: De-coffin-ated.
Sean (12), Matraville.
31 October 1995, Detroit (MI) Free Press, “More Spirits of Fun,” YAK!, pg. 2, col. 3:
What’s Count Dracula’s favorite coffee?
De-coffin-ated!
David Miller,
Detroit
Google Books
Awesome Jokes
By Charles Keller
Illustrated by Jeff Sinclair
New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
1997
Pg. 25:
What kind of coffee does a vampire drink?
De-coffinated.
14 July 2000, Los Angeles (CA) Times, “The Kids’ Reading Room; Reading by 9; Jokes & Riddles,” pg. 8:
What is a vampire’s favorite coffee drink? Decoffinated. (Carline, 10, McKinley Elementary, San Gabriel)
Google Groups: alt.humor.puns
PUNS OF THE WEAK 12-05-03 Part 2 The Puns
Stan Kegel
12/6/03
(...)
What kind of coffee does Dracula like to drink in the morning?
Decoffinated (Ken Kegel)
Google Books
Penguin Pocket Jokes
By David Pickering
New York, NY: Penguin Books
2006
Pg. ?:
What kind of coffee does Dracula drink?
Decoffinated.
Twitter
lori
@lorigami
For @lizerati : What kind of coffee do vampires prefer?
Decoffinated.
7:01 AM - 7 Nov 2008
Google Books
The Fright Zone:
Jokes, Riddles, Tongue Twisters & “Daffynitions”
By Gary Chmielewski
Chicago, IL: Norwood House Press
2009
Pg. 16:
What’s Dracula’s favorite coffee?
Decoffinated!
Twitter
SwaddleDesigns
@SwaddleDesigns
Little Son had this joke for me: What kind of coffee do vampires drink? (De-Coffinated) Little son and Little daughter giggling and giggling
12:12 PM - 30 Oct 2009
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KAT
@Rocker_KAT
@michaelvampire i found a joke for you. what kind of coffee does a vampire drink? De-coffinated. ha ha
12:10 AM - 17 Oct 2010
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Frugal Fairhope
@FrugalFairhope
What kind of coffee does a vampire drink?
De-coffinated
Thanks 24/7
7:48 AM - 24 Jun 2011
Google Books
Best Ever Classroom Jokes:
Because some of us never grow up
By Mike Haskins
New York, NY: Pvailion Books
2015
Pg. ?:
What type of coffee do vampires like to drink?
Decoffinated.