Crazy Cookie Builds

Just in time for the holidays, a local zoo asks expert bakers Brenda Nibley and Elisa Barber to create a cookie build that celebrates the arrival of new polar bears. They come up with a whimsical coconut shortbread cookie display surrounded by delicious Mexican wedding cookie "snowballs" for the occasion. Next, they make a detailed citrus gingerbread dollhouse with a vanilla cake "lawn" for a holiday party.

Brenda Nibley and Elisa Barber race toward the holidays after a car-racing team asks them to build a Santa's sleigh racecar made out of chocolate peppermint shortbread surrounded by edible gift boxes. Then the tables are turned as a dad rewards Mr. and Mrs. Claus for speaking to his speech-delayed son in sign language with an edible Christmas tree and cookies from around the world.

A local figure skating team asks Brenda Nibley and Alisha Nuttall to make a giant edible skating rink with fondant figurines for a surprise party for their beloved coach, and the cake artists have to figure out how to make the skaters move on the ice. Later, a nonprofit organization requests a unique way to get kids excited about seasonal fruits and veggies for an upcoming cooking class. Brenda and Alisha create an incredible life-size Thanksgiving turkey and cornucopia with winter produce -- all made from rice cereal.

For their Christmas party, a philanthropic company hires Brenda Nibley and Alisha Nuttall to make a 5-foot-long replica of their local Main Street decked out as a winter wonderland. The bakers and their cookie team work tirelessly to create 14 gingerbread buildings in 1900s Americana style. Then, a touring reptile company wants their company mascot, a 7-foot-long Asian water monitor lizard, in cookie form for their holiday party.