For more than half of a decade, the world's greatest pumpkin carvers, cake artists and sugar artists have joined forces to bring to life the most mind-blowing and terrifying Halloween creations imaginable as they compete for a $50,000 Halloween Wars grand prize. It's time to dig up the creepiest ghosts of Halloween Wars past and revisit the most monstrous scares, greatest Halloween heartbreaks, trickiest treats and most amazing designs of all time.
In the spine-tingling finale of Halloween Wars, the final two teams made up of an expert pumpkin carver, a cake artist and a sugar master have slaughtered the competition and are ready to face off in an epic showdown with actor Caleb McLaughlin from Stranger Things as guest judge. The team that can best turn a classic fairy tale into a terrifying scary tale is crowned Halloween Wars Champion and takes home $50,000!
Host Jonathan Bennett welcomes the first four teams of talented cake, sugar and pumpkin artists and challenges them to create a scene depicting their favorite monsters when they were in school. To up the stakes, teams must have at least two characters on their board and use a classic school snack in their tasting element. Judges Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira decide which three teams move on and which team is eliminated.
The five remaining teams of amazingly talented cake, pumpkin and sugar artists face off for the first time! Host Jonathan Bennett tasks the teams with creating a scene of two of Halloween's biggest monsters competing against each other in various sports. Plus, the teams must highlight one team member's skill in their display -- first up, sugar artists! Judges Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira evaluate the designs and ultimately, one team is eliminated.
This Halloween, Adam Gertler is taking a twisted tour through the scrumptious world of haunted candy and confections. In the land of chocolate, Hershey, PA, a peanut butter and chocolate classic morphs into a pumpkin, and in Roswell, New Mexico he discovers a candy so sour it is nearly illegal! More tricked out treats include decadent candy-filled cemeteries and chocolate haunted houses... but will Adam be able to stomach a life-size gummi brain?
Sandra shows you how to host a fantastic Thanksgiving dinner without spending a fortune. On the menu is a fantastic Cider Glazed Turkey, Spicy Brown Sugar Carrots, Sage Mushroom Stuffing, Toasted Cider Cocktail and for dessert a new twist on a holiday classic, Pumpkin Cream Pie. And for a holiday known for its leftovers what's smarter than Sandra's "Round 2 Recipe" for Thanksgiving Quesadillas and a online R2R for her easy Stuffed Mushrooms?
Ree Drummond is in her kitchen on the ranch celebrating the leading lights of the vegetable world. Tomato Cobbler with a fabulous cheesy herb topping is first on the menu. An ensemble of vibrant greens star in Ree's Veggie-Packed Baked Pasta, which is followed by a warming Simple Curry Pumpkin Soup. Finally, Rich Cauliflower Mash takes the sensational side dish spotlight, wrapping up four fantastic veggie dishes guaranteed to get rave reviews.
The Kitchen is celebrating fall, using the best ingredients of the season, starting off by sipping homemade Pumpkin Spiced Lattes with Maile Carpenter from Food Network Magazine, then Katie cooks up a delicious Prosciutto-Wrapped Halibut for a fancy fall dinner. Mo Rocca helps Geoffrey make Short Rib and Spinach-Stuffed Raviolis. Then Apples are reinvented with clever recipes including a killer Apple Chip Nacho smothered in Chocolate and Peanut Butter Sauce.
The Kitchen is starting things off fresh for the fall season with new dishes like Katie Lee's Chicken Parmesan Zucchini Boats and Jeff Mauro's Hasselback Apples. Cookbook author Priya Krishna stops by to make Pav Bhaji: Spicy Vegetable Gravy on Buttered Buns, and then the hosts collaborate on fall nachos. Katie makes Pumpkin Protein Waffles that are perfect for a fall breakfast, and finally the hosts test their ability to identify real fall food trends.
The Kitchen is packed with tasty tricks and sweet treats this Halloween like Katie Lee's Green Chicken Chili and Jeff Mauro's Mac-O'-Lantern -- pumpkin-shaped mac and cheese! Pastry chef Zac Young ups the fright factor with his Pizza Roll Intestines before the hosts play Pass the Giant Eyeball Cake. There are new ideas for jack-o'-lanterns that don't need much carving and finally, Jeff makes ooey-gooey Green Slime Popcorn.