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Halloween Baking Championship
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S12E07Ancient Rites (That Feel So Wrong)
1080p WEB · Episode release date: Oct 26, 2026
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S12E06Masters of the Macabre
1080p WEB · Episode release date: Oct 19, 2026
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Status
Returning Series
Network
Food Network
Audience Rating
7.7 / 10
Rating Votes
15
Origin
US
Last Air Date
Oct 19, 2026
Production
In Production
Current Season
Season 12
Next scheduled episode
No next air date confirmed
Series overview and metadata
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!
- First aired
- Oct 5, 2015
- Status
- Returning Series
- Network
- Food Network
- Seasons
- 12
Previous season schedules
Season 1 · 4 episodes
Season 2 · 5 episodes
Season 3 · 6 episodes
Season 4 · 6 episodes
Season 5 · 6 episodes
Season 6 · 7 episodes
Season 7 · 7 episodes
Season 8 · 8 episodes
Season 9 · 8 episodes
Season 10 · 7 episodes
Season 11 · 7 episodes
Episode Intelligence
Season 12 Episode Timeline
7 episodes
Episode Intelligence
Season 12 Episode Timeline
S12E01The Museum of Unnatural HistorySep 14, 2026
Runtime: 1h 25m
John Henson asks 10 bakers to make nutty desserts expressing spooky Halloween memories. Judges Stephanie Boswell, Aarti Sequeira, and Zac Young pick the winner of $1,000, and the top three bakers are safe. The remaining bakers make hideous mask desserts.
S12E02Into the WildSep 21, 2026
Runtime: 1h 25m
John Henson challenges the nine bakers to create reanimated taxidermy desserts to win $1,000. The bottom six bakers must create possessed pest desserts inspired by a demonic insect exhibit. In the end, one baker is eliminated.
S12E03Halloween HauntsSep 28, 2026
Runtime: 1h 25m
Inspired by mischief makers, heroes, and villains aboard a festive cruise, host John Henson asks the bakers to make Halloween hero and villain cakes to win a five-night cruise vacation. Judges Stephanie Boswell, Aarti Sequeira, and Zac Young pick the top three bakers to be safe, and the bottom bakers must make magic mirror desserts with a haunting attribute like melting, screaming, or oozing depicted in an edible mirror. The least successful baker is eliminated.
S12E04Who's Ruining Your Ruin?Oct 5, 2026
Runtime: 45m
Every baker's life is on the line today in a single challenge. Host John Henson asks the bakers to create a dessert that resembles an assigned classic ruin and represent the monster who haunts it, such as crumbling castle and vampire, old amphitheater and zombie actor, or Stonehenge and demon druids. Judges Stephanie Boswell, Aarti Sequeira, and Zac Young pick the winner to receive $1,000, and one baker goes home.
S12E05Doll TroubleOct 12, 2026
Runtime: 1h 25m
No one is safe! Host John Henson challenges the remaining six bakers to face off in head-to-head matchups to create demon doll desserts, either Paris-Brest, baked cheesecake, or Swiss roll. Bakers with the same type of dessert face off, and the winner of each matchup is safe. Judges Stephanie Boswell, Aarti Sequeira, and Zac Young pick the overall challenge winner to receive $1,000, and the least successful baker is eliminated.
S12E06Masters of the MacabreOct 19, 2026
Runtime: 43m
In the semifinal haunted heat, host John Henson asks the bakers to create macabre oil painting desserts inspired by creepy masterpieces depicting subjects like drooling hounds of hell, a screaming banshee, and a ghost child. Then, the bottom three bakers take on witchy desserts with edible candles to keep their flame alive in the competition. Judges Stephanie Boswell, Aarti Sequeira, and Zac Young send the least successful baker home.
S12E07Ancient Rites (That Feel So Wrong)Oct 26, 2026
Runtime: 1h 25m
The finalists make sarcophagus desserts and ossuary cakes to win $25,000!
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Episode Status
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Last Episode
Air Date
Oct 26, 2026
Ancient Rites (That Feel So Wrong)
Runtime
1h 25m
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The finalists make sarcophagus desserts and ossuary cakes to win $25,000!
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Full series release history
Season history
Season 12Latest
Sep 14, 2026 · 7 episodes
Season 11
Sep 15, 2025 · 7 episodes
Season 10
Sep 16, 2024 · 7 episodes
Season 9
Sep 11, 2023 · 8 episodes
Season 8
Sep 12, 2022 · 8 episodes
Season 7
Sep 13, 2021 · 7 episodes
Season 6
Sep 14, 2020 · 7 episodes
Season 5
Sep 23, 2019 · 6 episodes
Season 4
Sep 24, 2018 · 6 episodes
Season 3
Sep 25, 2017 · 6 episodes
Season 2
Oct 3, 2016 · 5 episodes
Season 1
Oct 5, 2015 · 4 episodes
Full series release history
Season history
Season 12Latest
Sep 14, 2026 · 7 episodes
Season 11
Sep 15, 2025 · 7 episodes
Season 10
Sep 16, 2024 · 7 episodes
Season 9
Sep 11, 2023 · 8 episodes
Season 8
Sep 12, 2022 · 8 episodes
Season 7
Sep 13, 2021 · 7 episodes
Season 6
Sep 14, 2020 · 7 episodes
Season 5
Sep 23, 2019 · 6 episodes
Season 4
Sep 24, 2018 · 6 episodes
Season 3
Sep 25, 2017 · 6 episodes
Season 2
Oct 3, 2016 · 5 episodes
Season 1
Oct 5, 2015 · 4 episodes