Holiday Wars

Jeff Mauro warms up the cocoa as world-class cake, sugar and cookie artists team up to create mind-blowing edible holiday displays for judges Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeria; in the end, only one team will sled home with the $25,000 grand prize.

Jeff Mauro challenges three new teams of cake, sugar and cookie artists to imagine how the abominable snowman would spend his dream holiday vacation.

Christmas is coming, so Jeff Mauro tasks three teams of cake, sugar and cookie artists with illustrating a terrible mistake in Santa's workshop; Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira choose whose mishap earns a pass and who won't be getting a holiday bonus.

The six remaining teams face off as Jeff Mauro tasks them with creating the holiday tradition of a parade float; judges Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira decide which team has the most festive float and who drives home.

Jeff Mauro challenges the teams to create a scene capturing the moment a holiday photo goes wrong, while highlighting their cookie artist skills; judges Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira cut one team out of the picture.

To celebrate "Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom," host Jeff Mauro asks the teams to imagine what holidays look like under the sea and incorporate underwater plant life made entirely of sugar.