Sweet Genius

In the chocolate challenge chefs must create a fish inspired dish out of toaster pastries. The candy challenge draws inspiration from a robot using astronaut ice cream. In the final challenge a circus performer acts as inspiration for cakes using a spicy drink mix.

Chef Ron Ben-Israel challenges the hopeful geniuses to create a chocolate dessert using sweet cookies and strong cheese. Then contestants must make candy using both vegetables and fruit. In the final round, pastries must be made using orange soda and pretzel rods.

Chef Ron Ben-Israel has some tricks up his sleeve when he challenges contestants to make a chocolate dessert using cheese and chilis. The second round has contestants creating candy desert using a common breakfast ingredient. Magic is the inspiration for the final round when contestants must create a cake using uncommon dessert ingredients.

The inspiration for the chocolate desserts test is sure to get the chefs' minds spinning with genius ideas about how to make best use of the mandatory ingredients.