It's a sweet tooth alert on this full hour of Sweet Stuff Unwrapped. Visit Dylan's Candy Bar in New York, then hit the factory to see how Candy Buttons, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and the Sky Bar are made. Then get chewing with the inventor of Big Time gum machines and the Charms Blow Pop. Check out the sweet flavors at Jelly Belly, Valomilk and Jolly Rancher. Discover what gives Hot Tamales their heat, Whoppers their shape and Dum-Dums their mystery flavor.
Casey Webb makes the trip to Tampa for the ultimate Cuban platter at Florida's oldest restaurant, a stop at a speakeasy with a secret and 20 minutes of cookie combat with the Cookie Munchers Challenge.
Catch up with celebrity chef Aarón Sánchez in Portland, Ore., as he highlights the most popular Hispanic flavors in a city known for its farm-fresh ingredients and Pacific Northwestern delights. Partake in the pulpo "octopus" tacos at Uno Mas. Then congregate in the "green kitchen" at Verde Cocina for an amazing quinoa stuffed chili relleno. Visit a Mexican Mercado famous for its crazy-good carnitas with fresh cactus salad. And finally, settle into an evening on Division Street at Mi Mero Mole with a Mexico City classic -- Guisado of Rojas Con Crema -- right in the epicenter of Portland's exploding food scene.
Cake is dandy but let's face it, without frosting it's just sweet bread. With tools straight from his local hardware store, host Alton Brown builds a better Buttercream and constructs a layer cake from the ground up. Plus, Ganache and Writing Chocolate.
The seven remaining teams roll into Salt Lake City, and Tyler Florence immediately explains the Truck Stop challenge: the teams must create an original sausage dish with the ingredients on the farmer's table, but the sausage is missing. The trucks head to world renowned Creminelli Fine Meats and create three customized links of sausage in hopes to impress guest judge chef Ryan Lowder and add $200 towards their final tally. The Speed Bump adds another game-changing twist as Tyler calls the teams and tells them to move the trucks to a new location, no matter how many patrons are on line.
Four fourth and fifth graders attempt to stand tall in the Chopped Kitchen! The mini culinary artists find a very kid-friendly ingredient in the first basket: cotton candy. In the second round, the judges are thoroughly impressed by the three remaining little cooks, who are seeking to make delicious entrees from pizza dough and a bitter green. And an exciting dessert round features brownie mix as one of the mystery ingredients.
Guy Fieri rolls up in his classic red Camaro to guide the finalists through a segment of Diner's Drive-ins and Dives. Then the finalists head out to a 4th of July bash where they must re-create American classic dishes AND perform their first cooking demo on stage.
The LCI freshmen slice and dice their way through a pressure-filled knife skills exam and then test their abilities at making sauce. Tiffany's conflict with Chef Wes turns into an all-out war that threatens her future at the school. Jared takes on a culinary challenge that forces him to confront his disabilities. Ben considers a major change when he struggles to pay for school.
Sometimes the best dishes are in the last place you'd ever expect to find them. We've scoured the globe, searched far and wide, and the hunt stops here. Alex Guarnaschelli ends the debate over where to find the best bagel -- it's in North Yarmouth, Maine! Jeff Mauro finds a game-changing falafel in the back of a jewelry store, and Geoffrey Zakarian unearths hidden Mexican treasure in Buffalo, New York.
Eddie Jackson finds the best south-of-the-border flavors in the USA, with a combination of spices, fresh ingredients and traditional cooking styles unlike anything else.