Desserts in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City sits at the north end of the valley, a short drive from the Great Salt Lake. Its sweet side is old and chewy: two of its candy makers are more than a hundred years old.
What Salt Lake City loves
Salt water taffy
One candy maker moved to Salt Lake City in 1900 and started making salt water taffy in 1920, because taffy does not easily melt in the summer heat. Another has been part of the city since 1916.
A bowl of gelatin
In 2001 the state Senate passed a resolution recognizing gelatin as a favorite snack food of Utah, which it says eats more of it per person than anywhere else. A pin for the 2002 Winter Olympics showed a bowl of green gelatin.
Our recipes for Salt Lake City
Questions about desserts in Salt Lake City
Why is Salt Lake City known for salt water taffy?
One of its candy makers has made salt water taffy there since 1920 and is one of the largest makers of it in the country. Taffy also keeps well in hot weather, because it does not easily melt.
Is gelatin Utah's official state snack?
Not in law. The state symbols list names no snack. In 2001 the state Senate passed a resolution recognizing gelatin as a favorite snack food of Utah.
