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Why Jell-O And Utah Share A Special Connection By Moriah House Nov. 3, 2025 7:20 pm EST

From Texas BBQ and Georgia peaches to Idaho's famous potatoes , U.S. states are well-known for their strong ties with certain foods. Many of these culinary connections arise from hundreds of years of agricultural tradition. However, one of the foods most commonly associated with Utah is far more modern and seemingly random: Jell-O. Utah residents, or Utahns, are famous for their sky-high Jell-O consumption, often in the form of delightful, definition-defying Jell-O salads . Utahns love Jell-O so much that the jiggly ingredient was named the official state snack by the Utah State Legislature in 2001, the same year that the state declared the second week of Fe

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