{"id":203239,"date":"2026-03-24T01:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/203239\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T01:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:05:08","slug":"tallahassee-bakery-flooded-with-orders-after-ryan-gosling-shouts-out-shop-on-late-night-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/203239\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee bakery flooded with orders after Ryan Gosling shouts-out shop on Late Night show"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A comment by actor Ryan Gosling on a late-night talk show is setting off a Popped Tart frenzy at a Tallahassee bakery.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did not know that was coming. It was a total shock. I was blown into another universe,\u201d Cake Shop owner Linda Richards said about Gosling\u2019s comment. \u201cThat\u2019s huge.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cake Shop got the A-list shout-out last week, and word is spreading fast. Now the bakery is bustling trying to keep up with an influx of orders.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s on fire. The phone rings off the hook. I have thousands of requests,\u201d The Cake Shop Owner Linda Richards said when WCTV stopped by the bakery Monday. <\/p>\n

People have been stopping by The Cake Shop all day for a chance to try one of the now-famous pastries. <\/p>\n

One customer, Ian Osterhaus, left with two of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI heard about these Popped-Tarts. My dad sent me an article. I was like, Tallahassee Popped-Tarts? I need some,\u201d he said with a laugh. \u201cI\u2019m so excited.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richards said by mid-afternoon, the bakery had sold more than 100 popped tarts in the shop alone and orders are pouring in from all over the country, some for batches of hundreds at a time. <\/p>\n

The Popped Tart\u2019s fame follows actor Ryan Gosling\u2019s appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers last week.<\/p>\n

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Gosling spotted Saturday Night Live dresser Donna Richards in the studio and raved about the sweet treats her sister sends by request. <\/p>\n

\u201cCan I mention your sister… She has a bakery in Tallahassee, Florida, and she makes the most incredible Popped-Tarts. You have to order these Popped-Tarts,\u201d Gosling said. \u201cDonna gives them to you at the beginning of the show, like when you start hosting, so you\u2019re just running on Popped-Tarts the whole time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now that the \u201cPopped-Tarts\u201d secret is out, Richards is asking people to be patient, as they\u2019ll be baking Popped Tarts for weeks to fill thousands of orders.<\/p>\n

Richards says Gosling\u2019s favorite flavor is strawberry, but they also make blueberry, cinnamon, and peanut butter and jelly popped tarts.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody has something they want at any bakery, right?\u201d she said. \u2018Whether it\u2019s a cookie or a cupcake or for me its monkey pie. It\u2019s just everybody\u2019s thing and that\u2019s what it is evidently for him.”<\/p>\n

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