The BEST episodes of Halloween Baking Championship
Every episode of Halloween Baking Championship ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Halloween Baking Championship!
John Henson hosts the country's top bakers as they 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 judges Carla Hall, Zac Young and Stephanie Boswell to land the $25,000 prize and the title of Halloween Baking Champion!
#1 - Spoiled Rotten by Axe-ident
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/2022
The bakers face decay when host John Henson challenges them to make moldy desserts that incorporate fermented ingredients; the judges smash desserts and dreams as they send one baker to the 13th floor.
#2 - The Fantastic Fondante and Funhouse Hall of Mirrors
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/2023
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.
#3 - Pavlovas and Alien Oddities
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/2023
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.
#4 - Do-nut Ride This Carousel
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/2023
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.
#5 - Welcome to Henson & Sons Carnival
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/2023
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.
#6 - Cheers to the Newlydeads
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/2022
For their final night at the hotel, John Henson asks the bakers to celebrate by creating sweet and savory grazing boards in honor of a dearly departed couple. Then, judges Carla Hall, Stephanie Boswell and Zac Young are invited to the deadliest wedding of their lives when the final bakers create three-tiered black wedding cakes. Only one baker can be crowned Halloween Baking Champion and stay at Hotel Henson ... forever.
#7 - We've Got Spirit
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/2022
The bakers are tasked with creating desserts based on classic cocktails, and scaring the judges with entremets that represent their worst nightmares.
#8 - Eyes on the Prize
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/2022
John turns the bakers' worlds upside down with a challenge to make upside-down cakes without pineapple; the judges see double when the bakers team up to create identical twin cakes that taste different.
#9 - FlamBakers and Open Wounds
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/2022
John asks the seven remaining bakers to set their desserts on fire by reinventing flambé classics; the bakers have the judges in stitches with realistic open-wound cakes.
#10 - Heads Will Roll
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/2023
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.
#11 - Maze Madness
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/2022
John Henson asks the bakers to update the hotel's signature hedge maze by teaming up to create hauntingly delicious maze cakes.
#12 - Croquem-boots
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/2022
In honor of Hotel Henson guest Puss in Boots, the bakers turn a croquembouche into a croquem-boots; then, they redesign a dessert to represent methods of death, and two bakers must create cat-sized cakes that display the judges' last wish desserts.
#13 - Welcome to Hotel Henson
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/2022
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.
#14 - Finale: The Killer Is ...
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/2021
The four finalists face their fears when host John Henson challenges them to bake using a hated ingredient. The bakers must be brave, though, because the camp serial killer and judges Stephanie Boswell, Carla Hall and Zac Young will claim one more victim in a sudden death, leaving the final three to battle it out for $25,000 and the title of Halloween Baking Champion.
#15 - Peek-a-BOO
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/2021
Five talented bakers have survived the Camp Devil's Food Lake killer, and host John Henson challenges them to make patterned roll cakes and frightening fault line cakes. The competitors will have to kill the cake game to get past judges Stephanie Boswell, Carla Hall and Zac Young.
#16 - Dance Your Life Away
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/11/2021
It's prom night at Camp Devil's Food Lake, and host John Henson puts the six remaining bakers in charge of the party snacks. As they learn more about the serial killer, a tsunami of terror will claim one more victim from the competition with help from judges Stephanie Boswell, Carla Hall and Zac Young.
#17 - Don't B-Negative
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/2021
Host John Henson asks the seven remaining bakers to work their fingers to the bone reimagining a classic dessert. Then, the competitors tackle a trending cake design that must leave judges Stephanie Boswell, Carla Hall and Zac Young's blood running cold if they want to survive another week.
#18 - Bat in Black
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/2021
The competition is only getting tougher at Camp Devil's Food Lake as host John Henson challenges the bakers to make creepy cupcakes and a British classic that is completely batty. Judges Stephanie Boswell, Carla Hall and Zac Young will determine who survives another week at camp.
#19 - Otherworldly Treats
Season 10 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/21/2024
John Henson catches a spirit doing some imaging in the X-ray room! The films the spirits have been taking of themselves are monstrous, and John wants the bakers to use these X-rays as templates for build-a-spirit desserts. Then, the bakers enter the lab basement where the portal to the underworld is kept locked behind a secure heavy door, but lately ghouls have been letting all sorts of otherworldly creatures out! The bakers make a portal entremet that reveals an otherworldly creature to judges Carla Hall, Zac Young and Stephanie Boswell.
#20 - Happy Haunting Grounds
Season 11 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/2025
It all comes down to this -- the season finale! Inspired by the eerie exterior of the mansion, host John Henson asks the final four bakers to make haunted grounds desserts that will set the stage for their ultimate showdown. The winner of this challenge claims a powerful advantage heading into the final bake. Then, in a truly chilling finale, the bakers face their darkest fears by creating a "most feared demise" cake in a haunting tribute to the way they dread going out. Judges Carla Hall, Zac Young and Stephanie Boswell determine which terrifyingly tasty creation will earn its baker $25,000 and the title of Halloween Baking Champion!
#21 - It All Begins with Us
Season 11 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/2025
Welcome to Derry ... if you dare. The remaining bakers are one step from the finale, but first, they must survive a terrifying trip to the semifinals, guided by the ultimate horror icon: Pennywise the Clown. In honor of this nightmarish nemesis who preys on children's fears, host John Henson asks the bakers to conjure desserts inspired by the monster that haunted them as a child. Judges Carla Hall, Zac Young and Stephanie Boswell decide which fear-fueled creation will win $1,000 -- and the bottom three will have to fight for their lives by creating deranged clown desserts. In the end, one baker will be eliminated.
#22 - Flawed Anatomy
Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/2025
A twisted tale of two souls unfolds as the bakers confront their most chilling challenge yet. The grotesque takes center stage in a nightmarish test of skill when host John Henson asks the bakers to craft a horrifying fusion of two beings into one monstrous spliced souls dessert. Judges Carla Hall, Zac Young and Stephanie Boswell decide which baker best captures the terror of transformation. One baker will win $1,000 -- and one will be eliminated.
#23 - Messages From Beyond
Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/2025
Evil spirits are leaving creepy notes all over the manor, so host John Henson asks the bakers to channel the haunting energy of the entities by creating cryptic message desserts that reveal an eerie dispatch from the other side. For the first time this season, there is only one bake, which means everyone is baking for their lives. Judges Carla Hall, Zac Young and Stephanie Boswell must decide who wins $1,000 for their mysterious missive and whose message now reads "exit."
#24 - Engrossed with Ghosts
Season 11 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/2025
Host John Henson has a close encounter with a ghost that inspires ghostly transformation desserts, and one supernatural sweet scares up $1,000 after impressing judges Carla Hall, Zac Young and Stephanie Boswell. But the bottom three bakers aren't so lucky, and they must dig into their personal histories and create a ghost dessert based on an actual ancestor. In the end, the judges are met with their toughest decision of the series yet.
#25 - This Bold House
Season 11 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/2025
Host John Henson discovers a dead body in the refrigerator, and he turns out to be an organ donor. The bakers make organ donation desserts to honor the deceased, and one baker wins a cool $1,000. Then, the bottom three bakers take on demonic forces by making "when household items attack" desserts in the form of a possessed toaster, haunted handheld vacuum and demented old TV. In the end, judges Carla Hall, Zac Young and Stephanie Boswell decide which baker is eliminated.