Easy Ways to Improve Your Halloween Treats

Tamara Brown’s .NUTTY BLACK BROWNIE BAT,.BLOODY BERRY HAND PIE VAMPIRE’S BITE,.BLACK GARLIC CITRUS MADELEINE COFFIN, .COFFIN TWIST: SABLE DOUGH,.Round 3, Vampire Buffet, as seen on Halloween Baking Championship, Season 6.

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Poke Holes for Vampire Bites

Tamara poked holes in her berry hand pies before baking so that the gooey filling would ooze out, resembling a bloody vampire bite.

Contestant Aaron Clouse LIME CANDY/ZOMBIES .PATE A CHOUX W/ KEY LIME FILLING, COVERED IN PUMPKIN MARSHMALLOW, PATE A CHOUX ZOMBIE FINGERS FENCE, as seen on Halloween Baking Championship, Season 6.

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Use Sliced Almonds as Fingernails

Aaron used sliced almonds to give his zombie fingers long, creepy fingernails.

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Use Melted Marshmallows as a Spiderweb

Nerwan stretched melted marshmallows over her cake to create a spiderweb effect. She made sure to wear gloves to avoid sticky fingers.

Contestant Lyndsy McDonald's completed dish from the main heat challenge, Cocoanut streusel with a key lime coconut custard disc and cayenne pomegranate bug eggs with raspberry pomegranate cayenne sauce melting white chocolate cage, as seen on Food Network's Halloween Baking Championship Season 4.

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Use Pomegranate Seeds as Bug Eggs

Lynsey brilliantly used pomegranate seeds as bug eggs to top her key lime coconut custard. The whole thing was domed with a white chocolate cage and then dramatically melted with a hot raspberry-pomegranate-cayenne sauce.

Contestant Michelle Honeman's completed dish from the main heat challenge, Zombie apple bundt cake with sour cream cheese filling and zombie ganache, as seen on Food Network's Halloween Baking Championship, Season 4.

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Add Edible Eyeballs

Michelle adds candy eyes to her apple Bundt cakes and turns them into a pack of mutated zombies.

Contestant Jamal Lake's completed dish from the pre-heat challenge, Yam spiced cake with white chocolate cream cheese filling, as seen on Food Network's Halloween Baking Championship, Season 4.

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Add a Slash of Red to a Cute Dessert

Jamal turns his cute pumpkin cake into a slasher cake with just a few lines and some red frosting.

Contestant Steven Vaargas' completed dish from the pre-heat challenge, Hazelnut cherry raven tart, as seen on Food Network's Halloween Baking Championship Season 4.

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Add a Surprising Crunch

Steven uses hazelnut feuilletine to add an unsettling, but delicious, crunch to his trapped-raven cherry tart.

A behind the scenes shot of contestants Steven Vargas and Brenda Villacorta working at their stations, as seen on Food Network's Halloween Baking Championship, Season 4.

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Toast Cinnamon

Steven Vargas toasts his cinnamon with a torch and lets it steep in milk to impart unique flavor into his pastry cream for the pre-heat challenge.

Contestant Brenda Villacorta's completed dish from the main heat challenge, Dark chocolate cake with sesame milk chocolate ganache and buttercream, as seen on Food Network's Halloween Baking Championship, Season 4.

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Add Coffee to Chocolate

Brenda Villacorta adds coffee to her dark chocolate cake with sesame milk chocolate ganache and buttercream to intensify the flavor of the chocolate.

Contestant Lyndsey McDonald's completed dish from the pre-heat challenge, Blood orange chocolate mousse with a creepy dragonfly, as seen on Food Network's Halloween Baking Championship Season 4.

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Use Isomalt to Create Lifelike Insect Wings

Lyndsey topped her blood orange chocolate mousse with a red-eyed dragonfly with ephemeral isomalt wings.

Contestant Michelle Honeman's completed dish from the main heat challenge, Lime ginger coconut macaroon with a blood orage jus and ginger snap cookie crumble, torch melting a chocolate tombstone, as seen on Food Network's Halloween Baking Championship Season 4.

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Use Green Coconut for Moss

Michelle created realistic moss by using coconut flakes and green food coloring, essentially turning it into a large lime-ginger macaroon. She topped that with a ginger snap cookie crumble and a melting chocolate tombstone.