Food Network kicks off Spooky Sweets Season in September!
Food Network offers Halloween-themed programming throughout September, including fan-favorite special series. Last year, the Spooky Season series attracted over 28 million viewers.
Returning primetime titles this year include Halloween Baking Championship, which in 2023 finished as Food Network’s third highest-rated series of the year among adults; Halloween Wars and Outrageous Pumpkins, which both saw year over year ratings growth among adults and women versus their prior seasons; and viewers can look forward to specials Kids Baking Championship: Scary Good and Road to Halloween Wars, along with Halloween-inspired episodes of The Kitchen and The Pioneer Woman.
This year’s Halloween schedule kicked off on Monday, September 16th at 9pm ET/PT with Halloween Baking Championship. Halloween Baking Championship is an American cooking reality competition series that premiered on Food Network on October 5, 2015. The show is hosted by John Henson chairs the chaos as the bakers battle it out in two heats, and for the first time, a chance at immunity is on the line. Judges Stephanie Boswell, Carla Hall and Zac Young decide who will earn the title of Halloween Baking Champion.
The Halloween Season in September Food Network Schedule is as follows:
Road to Halloween Wars special on Sunday, September 22nd at 8pm ET/PT.
On Sunday, September 22nd at 9pm ET/PT, Jonathan Bennett host the new season of Halloween Wars where eight teams of masterful pumpkin carvers, cake bakers and sugar artists compete against each other to create mind-blowing monster themed displays.
Outrageous Pumpkins is back on Sunday, September 29th at 10pm ET/PT, with host Damaris Phillips and an all-star cast of 14 of the country’s best carvers matched up in teams.
Kids Baking Championship: Scary Good special premieres on Monday, October 7th at 8pm ET/PT. Four fan-favorite kid bakers return to celebrate the two extremes of Halloween, hosted by Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown.
For more entertainment and inspiration, viewers can also look forward to special themed episodes of The Kitchen and The Pioneer Woman in Food Network’s weekend daytime lineup.






Grab some snacks and the entire family can join in to watch these spooky sweet series on Food Network. You can also find these shows and their previous seasons streaming now on Max!