Three remaining bakers construct a ghostly version of a croquembouche tower. Then they face the final challenge of creating a bleeding zombie cake. When the bloodbath is over, the survivor is named Halloween Baking Champion.
John Henson asks the bakers to update the hotel's hedge maze by teaming up for a supersized challenge of hauntingly delicious maze cakes. A supersized challenge becomes a double elimination as two bakers are sent to the 13th floor.
The bakers face decay when host John Henson challenges them to make moldy desserts that incorporate fermented ingredients. Then, judges smash desserts and dreams as they send one baker packing up to the 13th floor.
John Henson asks the remaining five bakers to bake desserts based on classic cocktails. Then, the bakers must face their fears by frightening judges with sets of entremets that represent their worst nightmares.
John Henson challenges remaining bakers to create torta della nonnas that honor the matriarch of the Henson and Sons Carnival. A mysterious swap smashes the Strong Man, which inspires the bakers to smash their desserts in front of judges.