More toddlers have giggled and grinned at one specific dessert than any other. It's Jell-O, the fruit flavored gelatin dessert that makes a lot of something out of basically nothing. For all its amusing appearance, Jell-O is little more than gelatin crystals, flavoring and water.

And surprisingly, it's been around as a desert for over 150 years. The first patent for the crystal based dessert gelatin was filed back in 1845 by one Peter Cooper. But Cooper made very little out of nothing, and sold the formula to a patent cough medicine manufacturer for a little something in 1897. The manufacturer, P.B. Waite, showed it to his wife, who promptly named the product Jell...O. The couple began selling it in four basic flavors: strawberry, raspberry, orange and lemon.

The Waites made a little something on the deal, selling the entire business in 1899 for $450. In 1900, Jell-O was marketed by Genesee Pure Foods, which would one day become the Kraft Corporation.

The wobbling dessert was on its way to becoming a monumental family favorite across America. But where is it enjoyed the most...literally? Why, in Utah, of course, where more Jell-O is consumed than any other state, for which it was made the official state snack in 2001.