Halloween Baking Championship

I'm halfway through episode 2 and I just want to turn it off.

Used to be watching this show made me want to head to the kitchen and bake something because of all the new techniques and flavors I was l seeing.

No more. It's just chit chat. I know more about these bakers' families than I know about what they're baking. Very little actual baking. No creativity...just talking and then mistakes and then freak outs and then...it's over.

And the new format is confusing. So...they all bake in the first round and some wins $1,000. Then the bottom 3 have a bake for your life round. Meanwhile everyone not presenting their food stands up in a gallery where we get all their expressions and reactions.

That's it...this show is all about stories and tales and 'why I baked this!' Go back to actual...you know...baking...

My wife and I loved watching this show, until the latest season (11). The constant crying, whining and temper tantrums by the blonde lady is like nails on a chalkboard. I don't know what else is going on in the show because she is constantly taking all the attention! And it seems the judges always take it easy on her, they had to bake a scary cake and she made a happy toaster, they said nothing to her about that, the rest of the people they pinged them on that.

I hate all the CRAZY costumes. It's too much for me! Some of them are so hideous-looking, and I'm just a person who is very "particular," so looking at the judges' costumes makes me cringe and my skin crawl. I can't even bear the sight of people who are covered in tattoos. Ugh! It's my little "tic."

I don't mind Halloween costumes, but do they have to be so extreme? Why can't they just create some of the regular types of characters Halloween is associated with, like a really spectacular witch costume... or a great ghost?

My favorite of these types of competitive shows were always the ones featuring Jesse, Duff, Nancy and Carla.

I started watching this with my family cause we thought it would be fun and cool to watch, since it's nearing halloween. We were wrong. The funniest thing about it is the decorating. It's a halloween BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP. They should know how to decorate a cake better than they did. There were cracks in fondant, and the cakes were overall ugly. To top it all off one of them literally had raw pie crust. The judges don't even say anything about it either. Only if they don't enjoy something taste wise. They just don't judge as hardcore as you would expect. I'd rather watch halloween wars which is far more entertaining.

I've loved this show from the very beginning but this season 11 has been painful to watch. Watching Melanie's constant whining/crying and all the other fake drama is like what I assume stepping on a nest of water moccasins would be like. Please Please do better at casting these bakers so the fun is back in the show.