The BEST episodes of Halloween Baking Championship season 8

Every episode of Halloween Baking Championship season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Halloween Baking Championship season 8!

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!

Last Updated: 12/14/2024Network: Food NetworkStatus: Continuing
FlamBakers and Open Wounds
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8.33
12 votes

#1 - 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.

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Cheers to the Newlydeads
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8.25
8 votes

#2 - 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.

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We've Got Spirit
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8.20
15 votes

#3 - 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.

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Eyes on the Prize
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8.15
13 votes

#4 - 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.

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Maze Madness
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8.00
18 votes

#5 - 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.

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Croquem-boots
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7.94
17 votes

#6 - 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.

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Spoiled Rotten by Axe-ident
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7.75
12 votes

#7 - 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.

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Welcome to Hotel Henson
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7.74
19 votes

#8 - 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.

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