14 Surprising Things You Never Knew About Jell-O

11.

Jell-O has often been associated with Mormon culture. Kraft’s sales figures from 1997 show that Salt Lake City residents consume more Jell-O than anywhere else in the U.S.

12.

Scandal! When Elizabeth McNabb found out she was adopted and decided to search for her birth mother, she came up with Barbara Woodward (direct heir to the Jell-O fortune). Woodward had become pregnant with a married man and subsequently gave up the child for adoption. After Woodward’s death in 2003, McNabb sued for a piece of the inheritance, which she finally got — $3.5 million — in 2007.

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Some notable discontinued of both Jell-O classic and Jell-O puddings include:

• Bubble gum
• Cotton candy
• Coffee
• Cola
• Green apple
• Passion fruit
• Maple syrup
• Triple chocolate
• Plain (huh?)

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Candy cane, however, is a flavor still in circulation. As are: margarita, butterscotch, pumpkin spice, pina colada, and orange ice cream.

 

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