For the first round, Justine made peanut butter maple cookies with maple royal icing. Her two body part cookies were a diseased jaw with decayed teeth and a rotten big toe with maggots crawling on it. The judges loved the details and hyperrealism of her cookie designs.

Minh wanted to make a nostalgic flavor, so she whipped up sour apple caramel cookies with buttercream on top. Her first body part cookie was a brain with a realistic 3D dome shape. This brain was inspired by a college memory of her taking a rat brain from her neuroscience lab class and giving it to her now husband. For her second cookie, she made a mouth with rotting teeth. The judges were impressed with Minh’s realistic designs and the balanced flavors of her cookie and buttercream icing.

For the first round, Kyra wanted to create a flavor the judges have never tasted before. So, she whipped up a “vampire slayer cookie,” which was a garlic cayenne chocolate chip dough with maple cayenne icing. Her first design was a broken heart cookie with cracks and splatters of blood, wrapped around with wafer paper bandages. Her second design was a set of two dangling eyeballs tied together with drips of blood to really bring out the gore. The judges were impressed by her cookie designs and flavor combinations.

Stephen made a vanilla almond dough for his body part cookies. He made a heart with red caramel blood spilling out and realistic veins and arteries. His second body part was a zombie hand with exposed bones and flesh. The judges enjoyed the textures and interactiveness of both cookie designs.