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The Best Episodes of Holiday Baking Championship Season 12

Every episode of Holiday Baking Championship Season 12 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Holiday Baking Championship Season 12!

The Best Episodes of Holiday Baking Championship Season 12

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...
  1. Background image for Welcome to the Holiday Village
    3.9/10(18 votes)

    #1 - Welcome to the Holiday Village

    S12:E1

    Host Jesse Palmer welcomes 12 amazing bakers to the gorgeous holiday village, where the bakers are divided into the Nice Team and the Naughty Team. In each bake, there will be a top dessert from each team, and the best overall dessert wins for their team. In elimination challenges, the winning team is safe from elimination, and the losing team loses a baker. For the first preheat challenge, the Nice Team makes warm and toasty desserts, while the Naughty Team makes chill and frosty treats. Then, Jesse asks each team to create an edible holiday village that includes a dessert from every baker. Judges Duff Goldman, Nancy Fuller, and Kardea Brown decide which baker from the losing team will be eliminated.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Holiday Cheer
    3.5/10(17 votes)

    #2 - Holiday Cheer

    S12:E2

    Host Jesse Palmer asks the Naughty Team to make holiday cocktail desserts and the Nice Team to make mocktail desserts using assigned libations like boozy Hot Buttered Rum or non-alcoholic Pumpkin Eggnog for inspiration. Then, the bakers must create meringue-based desserts that obviously appear as either cheerful vs. cheeky to impress judges Duff Goldman, Nancy Fuller, and Kardea Brown.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Crafting Holiday Magic
    4.1/10(11 votes)

    #3 - Crafting Holiday Magic

    S12:E3

    Host Jesse Palmer asks the teams to create over-the-top holiday wreath desserts, and they cannot repeat desserts within their team. Also, there's only one challenge this time, and the team who won the previous challenge gets to pick a naughty or nice advantage -- either take away the other team's stand mixers or get an exclusive basket of decorating items. In the end, judges Duff Goldman, Nancy Fuller, and Kardea Brown decide which baker goes home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Pies and Shine
    1.9/10(21 votes)

    #4 - Pies and Shine

    S12:E4

    Host Jesse Palmer challenges the nine remaining bakers to make seasonal holiday pies with no repeated flavors among their own team. In a surprise bit of strategy, each team must select only their best two pies for tasting by judges Duff Goldman, Nancy Fuller, and Kardea Brown. To make the decision, the bakers taste their team's pies on their own. Feathers might get a little ruffled, but it's for the team! In the end, a baker from the losing team is eliminated.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Snowed In Sweets
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    #5 - Snowed In Sweets

    S12:E5

    Host Jesse Palmer asks the remaining eight bakers to make desserts representing snow-day activities like cutting out snowflakes, sledding, or snowshoeing. Plus, since the holidays are all about giving, Jesse offers the most recent winning team a difficult choice between two nice or naughty gifts -- a 15-minute head start or stealing a baker from the other team! Judges Duff Goldman, Nancy Fuller, and Kardea Brown decide which baker from the losing team is eliminated.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Jingle Mingle
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    #6 - Jingle Mingle

    S12:E6

    For a Chrismukkah dessert platter challenge, host Jesse Palmer asks the remaining seven bakers to make decorated Christmas cookies, rugelach, and traditional Hanukkah sufganiyot. In an unexpected twist, judges Duff Goldman, Nancy Fuller, and Kardea Brown do a blind tasting to decide who should make it into the upcoming all-important semifinals and who is eliminated.

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Season 12 Ratings Summary

"Welcome to the Holiday Village" is the best rated episode of "Holiday Baking Championship" season 12. It scored 3.9/10 based on 18 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/3/2025. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Holiday Cheer".