The BEST episodes of Nailed It!
Every episode of Nailed It! ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Nailed It!!
Home bakers with a terrible track record take a crack at re-creating edible masterpieces for a $10,000 prize. It’s part reality contest, part hot mess.
#1 - Howdy, Failure!
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/1/2020
A Western-themed round inspires deep-fried cowboy-duck doughnuts, a root beer-infused rodeo cake ... and really bad flavors.
#2 - I've Failed and I Can't Get Up!
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/26/2021
Candy-jeweled brooch cookies? Inviting cookie-jar cakes? These sugary sweets are just like the ones Grandma used to make — if Grandma couldn't bake.
#3 - Can't Believe It's Cake!
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/26/2021
From splashy cereal-bowl cakes to towering hamburgers with fries, these attempts at hyperrealistic treats are so bad, you won't believe your eyes.
#5 - Im-Paw-sible Cakes
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/2021
A funny, furry pet theme finds the cooks concocting giant exotic-animal cookies, then re-creating Nicole’s adorable dog, Clyde, in cake form.
#6 - Slime Time
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/2022
The going gets gross — really gross — when the bakers tackle ooey, gooey carved pumpkins and an alien autopsy cake leaking edible slime.
#10 - Cake-O-Phobia
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/17/2019
What's scarier than a cook who can't read a recipe? A trio of creepy-crawly bug cookies and a terrifying clown cake that tastes like cotton candy.
#11 - Fictitious and Delicious
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/29/2018
It's "happily ever after" or bust when the bakers try to make fairy tale cupcake pops, then stack cakes in the form of a majestic unicorn.
#13 - Jungle Bungle
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/1/2020
Jam-filled animal pastries and a coffeecake shaped like a sloth push the contestants out of their comfort zones — and the results are wild.
#15 - Tailgate, Failgate
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/29/2018
The cooks divide and conquer to fill sections of a savory snack stadium before building a cake that looks like a barbecue grill.
#17 - Chariots of Failure
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/1/2020
The bakers go for the gold — and miss masterfully — with sports-medal cookies and an elaborate swim cake that's topped with a waffle cone torch.
#19 - An Ungodly Mess
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/26/2021
Stacked Greek god statue cupcakes and snake-headed Medusa makeover cakes take Herculean effort and skill — and these awkward results are epic.
#21 - Fantasyland
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/9/2018
The bakers do their best to make jelly-filled doughnuts fit for a pirate before tackling an edible tower with a princess on top.
#22 - The One with the ‘90s Theme
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/1/2020
Edible ice cream boom boxes made with liquid nitrogen and a fresh and fly fondant-covered cake? Oh, snap — that sounds like a '90s challenge.
#23 - Umbrella Academy
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/2022
Delightfully offbeat treats scream "Umbrella Academy," from a trio of Griddy's Doughnuts action figures to a towering Hazel and Cha-Cha cake.