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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!

Season 9 episodes

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Episode 1

Welcome To Henson & Sons Carnival

1h 23m

Host John Henson welcomes a dozen bakers to the Henson & Sons Carnival, where they're ready for the ride of their lives. First, they must layer a "tarot-misu" depicting the carnival's untimely demise. Then, the bakers scare up a new carnival mascot by designing creepy clown cakes for judges Carla Hall, Stephanie Boswell and Zac Young.

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Episode 2

Do-nut Ride This Carousel

1h 23m

Do-nut try to steal John Henson's dream job, or things might get bloody. The remaining bakers make bloody filled doughnuts to commemorate an unfortunate accident. Then it's a joyful bake for some and doomed one for others as the competitors take judges Carla Hall, Stephanie Boswell and Zac Young round and round on the creepiest carousel ever.

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Episode 3

Pavlovas and Alien Oddities

42m

Things heat up when John Henson tells the tale of an Australian fire eater before asking the bakers to create charred and flambéed pavlovas. Then, a missing family member returns with extraterrestrial oddities that the bakers use to inspire alien head Charlotte royale cakes with enough ooze to gross out judges Carla Hall, Stephanie Boswell and Zac Young.

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Episode 4

The Fantastic Fondante and Funhouse Hall of Mirrors

42m

John Henson tells the story of the ghost in the funhouse hall of mirrors as inspiration for the bakers' Bloody Mary bar desserts. Then, the magician known as the Fantastic Fondante puts on a show as the bakers work in teams to fuse two body parts together as Franken-cakes for judges Carla Hall, Stephanie Boswell and Zac Young.

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Episode 5

Heads Will Roll

42m

The bakers dig deep to make buried alive trifles honoring the carnival's escape artist who went to an early grave. Then, John Henson shows the bakers the carnival's wind chimes, which look eerily like some of the missing family members' heads, and asks them to make shrunken head pies for judges Carla Hall, Stephanie Boswell and Zac Young.

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Episode 6

Sword Swallow Your Pride

42m

The bakers make desserts designed to melt after hearing John Henson's torrid tale of one of the carnival's most enthralling sideshow attractions, the Human Ice Pop! Then, a miscommunication spells the end for the sword swallower as the bakers create a dessert that swallowed another dessert to impress judges Carla Hall, Stephanie Boswell and Zac Young.

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Episode 7

A Smashing Good Time

42m

John Henson challenges the remaining bakers to create torta della nonnas that honor the matriarch of the Henson & Sons Carnival, the Tattooed Woman. Then, a mysterious swap smashes the Strong Man, which inspires the bakers to smash their desserts in front of judges Carla Hall, Stephanie Boswell and Zac Young.

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Episode 8

Step Fright Up

42m

As John Henson lays a dead flower to commemorate the lost souls at Henson & Sons Carnival, he asks the finalists to make flourless desserts. Then, the bakers create cakescapes depicting new carnival attractions for the grand re-opening, where judges Carla Hall, Stephanie Boswell and Zac Young will name 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