{"id":70948,"date":"2025-01-28T20:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T20:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/the-story-behind-paul-rudds-candy-store-that-sells-candy-with-his-face-on-it-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T20:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T20:54:00","slug":"the-story-behind-paul-rudds-candy-store-that-sells-candy-with-his-face-on-it-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/the-story-behind-paul-rudds-candy-store-that-sells-candy-with-his-face-on-it-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"The story behind Paul Rudd\u2019s candy store that sells candy with his face on it &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The story behind Paul Rudd\u2019s candy store that sells candy with his face on it Samuel&#8217;s Sweet ShopPaul Rudd owns a candy store in New York and the story behind how he came to own it will make your heart melt. Samuel\u2019s Sweet Shop in Rhinebeck, New York just looks like your average candy store but has become a real social media hot spot because of its famous owners. Back in 2014, Paul Rudd and Jeffrey Dean Morgan bought the store with their wives to prevent its closure. Samuel\u2019s Sweet Shop sells all the usual stuff that you would expect, as well as candies with Paul Rudd\u2019s face on them for those who have an extra sweet tooth. The store was at risk of closure in 2014 and was saved This charming little candy store opened in 1994 and quickly became a staple of the local community, serving up lots of sweet treats, as well as coffee. Paul Rudd, who lives in Rhinebeck with his family, became one of Samuel\u2019s most loyal customers. Unfortunately, back in 2014, the owner of the store died and Samuel\u2019s was at risk of closure due to a loss of management and funds. The Ant-Man star couldn\u2019t bear to see his favorite sweet shop closing, so teamed up with Jeffrey Dean Morgan from The Walking Dead; who also lives in Rhinebeck, to save the store and make sure it didn\u2019t close. In 2024, the store is still open and business is thriving. Although Rudd doesn\u2019t have much time to work shifts selling candy on account of being a major film star, Samuel\u2019s pays homage to him by selling candy with Rudd\u2019s face on it. The store also has a \u2018staff picks\u2019 section where Rudd and Morgan\u2019s favorite candy is on display. Rudd admits to People Magazine that he has: \u201cthe candy taste of a seven-year-old child.\u201d According to the store, Rudd\u2019s favorite candy is a clodhopper which are fudge pretzel clusters that Rudd says are \u201cso delicious they make me angry.\u201d The store\u2019s connection to these celebrities has made it a real hot spot, with people traveling to upstate New York just to visit and get a marshmallow with Paul Rudd\u2019s face on it. Paul Rudd is a well-liked Hollywood star, and it\u2019s gestures like these that show he is a real sweetheart, literally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story behind Paul Rudd\u2019s candy store that sells candy with his face on it Samuel&#8217;s Sweet ShopPaul Rudd owns a candy store in New York and the story behind how he came to own it will make your heart melt. Samuel\u2019s Sweet Shop in Rhinebeck, New York just looks like your average candy store [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}