Spook your guests with scary Halloween fare. Squash Soup w/Pumpernickel Witches and Spicy "Blood Droplets"; Mussels alla Diavola; Ghostly Panna Cottas w/Ghastly Sauce.
Creepy surprises and freaky finds -- the chefs are sure to be spooked by what they get in the baskets for Halloween! A special meat platter grabs the competitors' attention at the start of round one, then a certain frightening ingredient is staring back at the chefs from the entree basket. The two finalists get hyped up on Halloween candy as they scare up some creative desserts.
No holiday is a bigger deal to Trisha Yearwood than Halloween. She loves costumes and adores making any dish that fits the occasion, from spooky Spider Web Deviled Eggs to sweet Red Candy Apple Slices. Trisha shows off her most-outlandish Halloween costumes and the epic recipes, like pumpkin-shaped Jack-o'-Lantern Stuffed Peppers and Pizza Tentacles, that she's made while dressed up.
Host Eddie Jackson brings down his box of Christmas cookie cutters from the attic only to realize that it's actually his Halloween box! Now, five gifted cookie makers must hack the Halloween cutters into classic Christmas cookies. Judges Ree Drummond, Jordan Pilarski and Gesine Prado decide which cookies are frightfully festive and which are just frightful. After Halloween, there's no better way to count down the days to Christmas than with an advent calendar, so the talented bakers race against the clock to bake, decorate and assemble cookie calendars with surprises hidden behind each day. The best calendar earns one cookie maker a date with destiny and a $10,000 grand prize.