Halloween Baking Championship

The season finale of Food Network‘s Halloween Baking Championship was probably the best episode of the season, and thankfully so. “A Haunting We Will Go” wrapped up with ghosts, zombies, and blood – lots and lots of blood.  Between the grotesque cake creations and the set décor the episode truly wowed for the Halloween week.  […]

This week’s episode of Food Network‘s Halloween Baking Championship offered up one of my favorite themes, Grave Robbing. “Gravely Delicious Desserts” had the contestants digging through dirt for… vegetables?  Not exactly where I thought that was going: limbs, insects possibly, but not carrots, fennel, beats and sweet potatoes.  Were they grave robbing or digging in […]

This week’s episode of Food Network‘s Halloween Baking Championship had me falling in love with John Henson. His humoristic antics are becoming a much needed enjoyable treat throughout the episode. “Creepy and Crusty Creations” starts off with Henson sitting on a couch Freud-style, reflecting about his “Mummy” issues to inspire our contestants on their “Pre-Heat” […]

I was very excited for this week’s episode of Food Network‘s Halloween Baking Championship, although a bit thrown off by the title. “All Things Weird and Wonderful” was inspired by The Addams Family, and made me nostalgic for the time I won best Halloween costume as Wednesday Addams in elementary school – so there’s that. […]

This week edition of Food Network‘s Halloween Baking Championship brought us spirit guides, Dia de los Meurtos, and Zac Young dressed like a flamingo, John Henson doing his best Spanish impression, and judges Carla Hall, Katie Lee, and Young tasted alcohol-infused bee hives, mermaid tails and Zeus tarts. At the start of the episode, the […]

Food Network is the ultimate go to for all things creepy, crawly, and delicious this season. This week, Halloween Baking Championship scared up a fifth season – with host John Henson (Wipeout!, Talk Soup) and judges Carla Hall, Katie Lee, and Zac Young jump-started our Halloween spirit like Leatherface revving up his old chainsaw – […]

The smell of pumpkin spice, taste of candy corn, tootsie rolls and smarties is around the corner. I start looking forward to and prepping for Halloween in June (too soon?), eyeing ideas for costumes, home decorations, and ways to top last year’s “Trick or Treat” extravaganza. One of my major “can’t wait moments” is my […]