Chocolate desserts with ketchup; a candy test with instant noodles and fruit; marriage themed test.

Sweet Genius

Wedded Genius

The chefs attempt to make excellent chocolate desserts that include one blue and one yellow mandatory ingredient.

Samba Genius

Space-themed desserts from Italian olives and retro candy.

Sci-Fi Genius

Chewy fruit and hors d'oeuvres in chocolate desserts; a Middle Eastern dip in the candy test; creating a cake out of two mandatory ingredients.

Dream Catching Genius

Chocolate desserts from chicken stock and a southern candy treat; candy creations from fennel and juicy fruit.

Twinkling Genius

Chef Ron has a host of holiday surprises for the competitors.

Holiday Genius

A stuntman is the inspiration for show-stopping chocolate dishes with unusual squash and old-fashioned candy; festive candy creations made from a curdled dairy product and a versatile veggie; cakes made from a cookie and a leafy herb; $10,000.

Squeaky Genius

In the candy test, the chefs must use barbecue sauce and snack mix as mandatory ingredients; with $10,000 and the title of Sweet Genius on the line, the two remaining chefs confront fear-inducing inspiration and two unusual cake ingredients.

Turkey Genius

Sweet fruit filling and chorizo in chocolate desserts; pizza dough and chicory coffee; cakes from sticky spread and a colorful veggie.

Wicked Genius

An erupting volcano is the inspiration for the first test; the second test, the chefs have to combine an oversized treat with a green mash; the third test is making a berry drink and matzo into cakes.

Heated Genius

A chocolate dessert from an Asian drink and dried fungi; onions and a strong-flavored candy; black radishes and mini ice cream cones.

Halloween Genius

First test, the chefs are inspired by canine cuteness; second test, peanuts and a sweet drink; third test, a chiming object gets the chefs' imaginations ticking.

Cuckoo Genius

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Pastry chefs create inventive desserts in unique challenges judged by Ron Ben-Israel.

S3 E7 | Holiday Genius