Carla Hall

Host Jesse Palmer invites 10 of America's top bakers to channel their summer joy through baked goods as they face two challenges week after week.

Carla Hall travels around the world to track down the unexpected lineage and international origins of America's favorite dishes.

The search to find the greatest holiday baker begins as amateur bakers enter the kitchen, where they show off their family traditions and superb baking skills. To survive the challenges from week to week, they must prove their abilities in front of our tough-love judges.

The country's top bakers battle it out to create Halloween's spookiest and most-irresistible treats. From spider cupcakes, cheesecake coffins and witch finger cookies to towering confections of terror, these bakers must prove their skills to the judges to land the $25,000 prize and the title of Halloween Baking Champion!