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TV series

Halloween Baking Championship

2015TV-G12 seasons7.9 / 10

The country's top bakers battle it out to create Halloween's spookiest and most-irresistible treats. From spider cupcakes, cheesecake coffins and witch finger cookies to towering confections of terror, these bakers must prove their skills to the judges to land the $25,000 prize and the title of Halloween Baking Champion!

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Checked Sep 3, 2026

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Synopsis

The country's top bakers battle it out to create Halloween's spookiest and most-irresistible treats. From spider cupcakes, cheesecake coffins and witch finger cookies to towering confections of terror, these bakers must prove their skills to the judges to land the $25,000 prize and the title of Halloween Baking Champion!

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Episode 1

Welcome To Hotel Henson

1h 24m

No body part is safe when host John Henson welcomes 12 Halloween hopefuls to check into Hotel Henson and asks them to do a little detective baking by creating faces out of pie. Then, it's "blood in blood out" as they try to impress judges Stephanie Boswell, Zac Young and Carla Hall with blood spatter cakes.

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Episode 2

Croquem-boots

Host John Henson's best friend, Puss in Boots, checks into Hotel Henson for three cat-tastic challenges. First, the bakers will honor Puss by turning a croquembouche into "croquem-boots" before redesigning an old school dessert to represent a method of death. Finally, two bakers on dessert death row must create cat-sized cakes that display Carla Hall, Zac Young and Stephanie Boswell's last wish desserts. Cats have nine lives, but one baker is about to get the boot.

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Episode 3

Maze Madness

John Henson asks the bakers to update the hotel's signature hedge maze by teaming up for a supersized challenge of hauntingly delicious maze cakes. If judges Carla Hall, Zac Young and Stephanie Boswell can eat their way to the center, they'll be treated to a baked prize. A supersized challenge becomes a double elimination as two bakers are sent to the 13th floor.

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Episode 4

Spoiled Rotten By Axe-ident

The bakers face decay when host John Henson challenges them to make moldy desserts that incorporate fermented ingredients. Then, judges Carla Hall, Zac Young and Stephanie Boswell smash desserts and dreams as they send one baker packing up to the 13th floor.

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Episode 5

FlamBakers And Open Wounds

John Henson turns up the heat when he asks the seven remaining bakers to set their desserts on fire by reinventing ​flambé classics. Then, the bakers have judges Stephanie Bowell, Zac Young and Carla Hall in stitches with realistic open wound cakes, and one baker is gutted when they're eliminated from the competition.

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Episode 6

Eyes On The Prize

John Henson turns the bakers' worlds upside down when he challenges them to make upside-down cakes without pineapple. Then, judges Carla Hall, Zac Young and Stephanie Boswell are seeing double when the six remaining bakers team up to create twin cakes that look identical but taste completely different. One set of twins is separated as the least successful baker is sent to the 13th floor.

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Episode 7

We've Got Spirit

Bottom's up as John Henson asks the remaining five bakers to create lighting in a bottle by baking desserts based on classic cocktails. Then, the bakers must face their fears by frightening judges Stephanie Boswell, Zac Young and Carla Hall with sets of entremets that represent their worst nightmares.

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Episode 8

Cheers To The Newlydeads

finale

For their final night, John Henson asks the bakers to create sweet and savory grazing boards in honor of a dearly departed couple; Carla Hall, Stephanie Boswell and Zac Young judge black wedding cakes to determine the Halloween Baking Champion.

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Episode information updated Sep 3, 2026

More about Halloween Baking Championship

Cast

Richard BlaisSelf - Host
Jeff DunhamSelf - Host
John HensonSelf - Host
Lorraine PascaleSelf - Judge
Carla HallSelf - Host
Ron Ben-IsraelSelf - Judge
Damiano CarraraSelf - Judge
Zac YoungSelf - Judge

Production details

Status
Returning Series
Series type
Reality
Episodes
73
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • Food NetworkUnited States

Themes

bakerbaking competitionhalloweenholidayreality competition