Holiday Baking Championship: Gingerbread Showdown

Carla Hall challenges three teams to show what the holidays will look like in the future using gingerbread and a very space-age ingredient: freeze-dried berries.

Carla Hall asks the baking teams to conjure up their gingerbread versions of spicy elven mayhem and pair their chaotic creations with a peppery dessert.

Carla Hall challenges the teams to portray the age-old conflict between Santa Claus and Jack Frost in gingerbread and incorporate a sweet and salty dessert.

Host Carla Hall challenges the teams to create gingerbread versions of spectacular holiday parades and incorporate a baked item made with comforting hot cocoa. Stephanie Boswell and Kalen Allen help decide which team will march home with $10,000.

Carla Hall tasks the baking teams with capturing `The Nutcracker' ballet in gingerbread, complete with an elaborate stage and a baked item featuring nuts. Judges Stephanie Boswell and Kalen Allen help choose which team will dance off with $10,000.

The North Pole's citizens are very sporting types, so Carla Hall challenges the teams to create gingerbread displays with moving parts that show off their unique games. Stephanie Boswell and Kalen Allen help decide which team takes the gold.