The WORST episodes of Halloween Baking Championship

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

Richard Blais 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 Ron Ben-Israel, Carla Hall and Sherry Yard to land the $25,000 prize and the title of Halloween Baking Champion!

Last Updated: 4/30/2024Network: Food NetworkStatus: Continuing
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Step Fright Up
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6.88
8 votes

#1 - Step Fright Up

Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/2023

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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Dance Your Life Away
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6.89
9 votes

#2 - 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.

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Field of Screams
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7.00
17 votes

#3 - Field of Screams

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/2015

Five bakers remain, and the creepy, dangerous donuts they whip up in the first challenge are a sight to be seen. Then, for the main challenge, the bakers dig even deeper into their baking skills with graveyard pumpkin desserts that are to die for. But one baker won't make it out alive.

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Spirits Rising
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7.07
14 votes

#4 - Spirits Rising

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2016

The four remaining bakers connect with the other side, baking up a tomb dessert for the pre-heat. Next, the bakers make a dessert inspired by the colorful artistry and spirit of Mexico's Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, in order to move on to the Halloween Baking Championship finale.

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Cravings from the Grave
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7.11
19 votes

#5 - Cravings from the Grave

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2016

For the pre-heat, mummy's the word as the six remaining bakers are asked to make a Halloween mummy dessert using pre-made pie dough. Next, the bakers must create a candy-stuffed, wicked cake based on a Halloween icon.

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Bat in Black
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7.22
9 votes

#6 - 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.

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Haunted House Party
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7.22
18 votes

#7 - Haunted House Party

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/2015

The final four bakers take on a haunted house cake battle for the title of Halloween Baking Champion and the $50,000 grand prize!

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Monsters, Monsters, Monsters
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7.23
22 votes

#8 - Monsters, Monsters, Monsters

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2016

Nothing says Halloween more than scary monsters, and in the pre-heat, the seven bakers must create creepy bite-sized monster treats. For the main heat, zombies attack as the bakers are faced with whipping up a zombie dessert that makes the judges hungry for a bite.

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Monster Mashups
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7.23
26 votes

#9 - Monster Mashups

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2015

Down to six bakers and it's time for a big, bad, monster mash. The bakers spook the judges with their sculpted scary treats and then mash up flavors and themes to create devilishly delicious desserts! But one baker's creepy concoction doesn't cut it and gets the axe.

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Haunted Circus
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7.24
17 votes

#10 - Haunted Circus

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2016

Things are only getting spookier with just five bakers left in the competition, who must head to the haunted circus for the pre-heat and create a dozen scary clown cake pops. Then, the main heat moves to the freak show, as the bakers make frighteningly strange mash-up desserts.

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Welcome to Camp Devil’s Food Lake
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7.27
15 votes

#11 - Welcome to Camp Devil’s Food Lake

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/2021

John Henson hosts as 10 bakers pay tribute to 1980s classic slasher movies at Camp Devil's Food Lake and compete for a chance to take home $25,000. The competitors tackle "cereal killer" pies and mega cakes to impress judges Stephanie Boswell, Carla Hall and Zac Young.

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Trick or Treats
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7.27
22 votes

#12 - Trick or Treats

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2015

The Halloween Baking Championship has come alive and seven of the country's best bakers compete in the sweetest trick or treat challenge. In the first challenge, the bakers battle it out over the best creepy cupcakes and then kick it up in the second challenge with classic costume desserts.

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Don't B-Negative
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7.29
7 votes

#13 - 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.

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Finale: The Killer Is ...
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7.33
6 votes

#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.

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Back From the Dead
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7.33
9 votes

#15 - Back From the Dead

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/2021

Host John Henson welcomes some unexpected visitors at Camp Devil’s Food Lake to shake up the competition for the remaining eight bakers. Then, it's all about teamwork making the scream work as pairs tackle creepy cookies from home and a mother of a blind cake bake. They'll have to bake like their lives depend on it if they want to survive judges Stephanie Boswell, Carla Hall and Zac Young.

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Ginger Dead House
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7.41
17 votes

#16 - Ginger Dead House

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2016

In the final pre-heat, the three remaining bakers must fill a haunted tree with decorated Halloween cookies. For the grand finale, the bakers have just six hours to construct a spooky "ginger dead" house. Special guest Duff Goldman stops by to put a fright into the bakers, then the most impressive house wins one baker the title of Halloween Baking Champion and $25,000!

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Spoiled Rotten by Axe-ident
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7.64
11 votes

#17 - 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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7.67
18 votes

#18 - 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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The Devil Made Me Do It
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7.67
9 votes

#19 - The Devil Made Me Do It

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/2020

In the devil's den, host Carla Hall challenges the six remaining bakers to conjure up a devilish dessert using unusual ingredients, such as sauerkraut, beets, tamarind paste and canned tomato soup. The competitors must get creative to avoid the fiery pit of elimination and impress Carla and the other judges, Stephanie Boswell and Zac Young.

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Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down
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7.69
13 votes

#20 - Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/2020

The seven remaining bakers continue their journey through the haunted house to the creepy nursery. Host Carla Hall challenges the competitors to bake 3-D demon doll cakes with a diabolically assigned flavor to be judged by Carla, Stephanie Boswell and Zac Young.

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Pavlovas and Alien Oddities
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7.73
11 votes

#21 - 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.

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A Smashing Good Time
star
7.75
12 votes

#22 - A Smashing Good Time

Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/23/2023

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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The Fantastic Fondante and Funhouse Hall of Mirrors
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7.75
12 votes

#23 - 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.

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Monster Mania
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7.75
24 votes

#24 - Monster Mania

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2018

A monster has ransacked the kitchen and is on the loose! The bakers work together in the pre-heat challenge to create a 3-D suspect sketch out of pate a choux to help track him down. The sketch helps puts the monster behind bars but now he's hungry for the main heat challenge that involves monster-sized Halloween deserts like giant cupcakes, pies, cream puffs and more.

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Hidden Halloween Horrors
star
7.80
20 votes

#25 - Hidden Halloween Horrors

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2018

The competition begins with a difficult pre-heat as the eight Halloween bakers weave spider web desserts with creatures inside.

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