It has been an exciting season of Halloween Baking Championship within the Henson Laboratories, but it all comes down to two final rounds that will see the four remaining bakers—Manny, Joel, Hollie, and Aaron—compete for the grand prize of $25,000. Spoilers ahead for the Halloween Baking Championship 2024 finale.
For the final thriller challenge, the bakers are tasked with making "dissected desserts" that must include a gummy or gelatin heart that the judges can remove upon eating their treat.
- Manny makes his dessert in the shape of a firefly out of mixed berry cobbler with a pomegranate lime heart
- Aaron creates a cryptid cyclops thing, a black forest cream puff with a black cherry heart
- Joel uses his past bee trauma to concoct a killer bee; honey almond frangipane, yogurt panna cotta and a strawberry basil heart
- Hollie bakes an axolotl out of a chocolate peanut cookie with a raspberry heart
The judges choose Manny's firefly dessert as the winner of the thriller challenge, giving him a substantial advantage moving into the final killer challenge which has the bakers make cakes based on a specific point in history. Because of his advantage, Manny is allowed to choose which baker gets assigned which era.
- Hollie, Ancient Werewolves: Coconut cake with peach mango filling and a tres leches soak
- Joel, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Devil's food cake with banana passionfruit cremeux
- Manny, Medieval Vampires: Black magic cake with hazelnut praline chocolate mousse
- Aaron, Early Aliens: Pumpkin cake with praline cream cheese mousse
Again, the judges believe Manny created the best dish out of the four final bakers and he is ultimately crowned this season's Halloween Baking Champion. He wins the grand prize of $25,000, revealing his plans to put a down payment on a new house so that his daughters can grow up in a larger place.
All episodes of Halloween Baking Championship season 10 are now streaming on Max.