It's the season finale, and the last five bakers face three challenges. Christmas Eve is filled with so much excitement and so many gifts, and the sweetest gift of all is a plate of cookies for Santa. For the final preheat, host Jesse Palmer wants the bakers to upgrade those cookies by making macaron wreaths for judges Carla Hall, Duff Goldman and Nancy Fuller! The bottom two bakers battle it out to see who makes it to the final main heat by taking on a stocking-stuffed eclairs challenge. Then, its “All aboard!” as the remaining four bakers make showstopping, championship-worthy holiday train cakes with actual trains running through them! In the end, a Holiday Baking Champion is crowned and takes home $25,000!
It's almost Christmas, and Santa's getting ready to deliver gifts all around the world, but he can't do it without a brand-new sleigh! With $25,000 at stake, the last two teams of cake and sugar artists must showcase the wildest, most-powerful modernization imaginable for Santa's new ride. At the end of the fast-paced bake-off judged by Maneet Chauhan, Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira, one team will be crowned Holiday Wars Champion and win the grand prize!
Kitschy, food-shaped candles are having a moment, according to Etsy’s trends expert. Head over to John Derian to snag some hyper-realistic cake slices, brie and salami to decorate your home.
Kick start your holidays on a delicious note with our December issue. We filled it with 20 new holiday sweets, plus three show-stopping mains for your Christmas table. And don't forget to check out our Food Lover's gift guide -- it even has fun finds for pets and kids!
Food Network's experts share the best edible food, candy and drink stocking stuffers to gift this year, including tea infusers, truffles, sugar-free candy, candied bacon and more.
Host Alfonso Ribeiro is ringing in the holidays with a feast of festive foods! Find out how Ocean Spray's jellied cranberry sauce gets that famous wiggle and how Wick's pumpkin pie is so creamy. Then, discover how Dr. Praeger's potato latkes fry up just right and how they get the snap in Willa's Shortbread gingersnaps. Get inside information on stocking stuffers like Spangler Candy Company's colorful candy canes and Melville Candy's jolly Christmas tree lollipops, and see why you'll want to fill your holiday gift baskets with Long Grove's beautiful harvest bar and Valerie Confections' fruit cakes and peppermint bark. Finally, toast to the New Year with CH Distillery's smooth Chestnut Liqueur!