17 Top Baking Movies to Get You in the Holiday Sprit

The holidays don’t just focus on the celebrations in December. If you want to start getting into the holiday spirit early, then check out one of the top baking movies that focuses on November’s holiday. Pumpkin Pie Wars is a Hallmart TV movie following Faye and Lydia, two people who opened their own bakeries in Emeryville, Ohio ten years ago after a personal and professional fall-out during a local Pumpkin Pie contest.

Now their children, and co-workers, Casey and Sam, are set to carry on that same rivalry as they go head-to-head in the same competition. But like any classic Hallmark movie, there’s only one problem: they start to fall in love. This is the perfect movie to start if you don’t want to wait until December to start feeling jolly.

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Hot Frosty is the newest addition to the absurd and wacky holiday movies. While not specifically a baking movie, it does feature baking so we’ll count it. This Netflix movie doesn’t shy away from the wild topics that we often see, as it follows widow Kathy who magically brings a snowman to life, and goes all in about the wild adventures.

His innocence helps her heal and find love again, and they bond through the holidays, but like all snowmen, he’s doomed to melt. It’s a funny, charming, lovely story that everyone should watch, whether for the laughs or for the romance.

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Starting our list today is Candy Coated Christmas as one of the top baking movies, a comedy romance starring Molly McCook, Aaron O’Connell, Lee Garlington, and even Ree Drummond, known as the blogger, author, food writer, and television personality as The Pioneer Woman.

The story follows Molly who needs funds to finance her new business idea, but it turns out that her father’s company is threatened by foreclosure. Now, Molly’s only option is to sell her mother’s old house in Peppermint Hollow which is in her name after her mother’s death.

However, her mother’s best friend, son, and niece start to rent the home as they run a mint plantation, but are starting to have trouble due to their biggest client running out of business. Molly now has to face the task of selling the house and ultimately evicting them.

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Hallmark movies are known for being cringy and cheesy but are also known for being some of the best guilty pleasures we allow ourselves. The acting can be a bit rough, and the story might seem cliche, but that’s the spirit of the holidays if you ask me.

And A Christmas Cookie Catastrophe is just one example of this. Starring Rachel Boston, Victor Webster, Averie Peters, and Stephanie Sy, the story follows Annie Cooper who has big shoes to fill when she takes over as CEO of her late grandmother’s small-town cookie company. She has to try and get the shop back on track, but the task gets more daunting when her grandmother’s secret recipe is stolen during the Christmas party.

As Annie tries to find the culprit, she works together with Sam, the owner of a local bakery who helps her try to find the perfect recipe and realize there’s something more than just baking partners.

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It should be enough that Bobby Flay is featured on the cover of this movie. The man is a genius in the cooking industry, and he’s a great guest star in the movie.

Featuring other stars like Bert Cardozo, Judy Deboer, Elana Dunkelman and Candice Lidstone, One Delicious Christmas is a romantic drama that follows Abby who inherits the property of Haven Restaurant and Inn, but unable to manage both, has to team up with the hot-shot chef Preston Weaver to “shake up” the holiday menu and get an investment from restaurant mogul.

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Starring Camila Banus, Mark Hapka, Melissa Marty, and Harrison Grant, this romantic movie, Sweet Navidad, follows a pastry chef who dreams of opening her own shop.

However, when she pairs with another chef for a grand event, they must learn from one another and adapt so they can come together to create a truly inspiring menu in time for Christmas.

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Another Hallmark movie, which we will be seeing a lot of. The 2018 film is a drama romance that can be found on Amazon Prime Video and stars Tia Mowry, Duane Henry, Jordana Lajoie, and Giles Panton.

A Gingerbread Romance follows Taylor who works for an architecture firm that has signed her up for a contest in which the teams will design and build life-sized gingerbread houses. In hopes of getting a promotion for winning the competition, Taylor works with a local baker and single dad, Adam, and finds herself longing for the kind of home that Adam brings with him.

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Starring Lacey Chabert, Lea Coco, and Jonathon Adams, this comedy-drama romance is one you don’t want to miss this year when checking out the top baking movies.

The Sweetest Christmas follows Kylie who is expecting a proposal from her boyfriend/boss at a restaurant but gets a promotion instead. The restaurant owner is her old high school boyfriend who she hasn’t seen in years. The two rekindle, but things get a bit tricky.

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Are you a bit sick of the romances? Do you enjoy movies that focus on friend and family reunions full of platonic love? This is definitely one of the top baking movies to help you get in the spirit of the holiday season. This 2018 comedy-drama stars Cindy Busby, Erin Karpluk, and Corey Loranger.

Christmas Cupcakes follows a family bakery that may have to close its doors right before Christmas. Rival sisters, Kim and Gina, must team up to win a national baking competition, save their family business, and discover a bigger prize than they ever hoped.

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Jumping back into the romance, we have A Christmas Recipe for Romance, a romantic movie starring Madeline Leon, Sebastian Sacco, Peggy Calvert, and Megan Black.

The story follows the owner of a historic inn who decides to enter a prestigious cooking contest to win funds for renovations and get free publicity, but she is a horrible cook. When she recruits a renowned chef to help, sparks fly, and the kitchen isn’t the only thing heating up.

Starring Erin Krakow, David Haydn-Jones, Miranda Frigon and Laura Soltis, A Cookie Cutter Christmas is a 2014 comedy romance film that follows James Thompson who enrolls his daughter, Luly, in their new town’s high school.

The rivaling teachers, Christie Reynolds and Penny Miller are determined to win the heart of James, so when his charity community center organizes a holiday baking contest, they both quickly enter in hopes of impressing.

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Most of the top baking movies feature dramas and romances, but this film also has a bit of mystery as well. Starring Laura Bell Bundy, Brendon Zub, Paloma Kwiatkowski and Frazey Ford, A Taste of Christmas follows Emily, a lawyer who has returned to her small town of Nelson Creek four months ago following the death of her Nonna to take over running her business.

While she misses her Nonna, she realizes that baking was always her passion and enjoys the new career, path, but ends up learning a deep secret about her Nonna. More mystery begins when Emily starts receiving gifts from a secret admirer.

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One of the top baking movies that you can watch this holiday season to get in the spirit is Christmas Cookies, a romantic drama starring Jill Wagner, Wes Brown, P. Lynn Johnson, and Chris Gauthier.

The story follows Aunt Sally’s Christmas Cookie Company is sold to a large conglomerate and executive Hannah must seal the deal and shut down the factory, which is the small town of Cookie Jar’s lifeblood. The plan begins to get tricky when she starts to fall for the factory’s owner.

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Starring Colin Mochrie, Cory Lee, Yannick Bisson, Jayne Eastwood, and Bianca Sas, Baking All the Way is a comedy romantic drama that follows Julia Wilson.

Julia is an accomplished pastry chef from Chicago who heads to a small-town bakery famous for their gingerbread to complete her Christmas cookbook curated with recipes from across the county. However, she finds herself at odds with Kris Thompson, the bakery’s charming but private owner, who is ambivalent about sharing his secret recipe.

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Road to Christmas is a comedy romantic drama starring Jessy Schram, Teryl Rothery, Matreya Scarrwener, and Chad Michael Murray. Maggie Baker, a Los Angeles television producer unwittingly falls for Danny Wise, the son and former producer of his mother’s popular annual Christmas special Julie Wise Lifestyle.

When Maggie’s secret plan to reunite Danny and his two brothers with Julia during the live broadcast in Vermont goes awry, Maggie is reminded that above all, is the love for family and friends that makes the merriest of Christmas.

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Holiday Date is one of the top baking movies you can watch this year to get in the holiday spirit starring Matt Cohen, Brittany Bristow, Teryl Rothery, and Bruce Boxleitner. The comedy-drama romance follows Brooke Miller who receives two pieces of bad news at once.

Her designs are not cutting-edge enough, crushing her designer dreams. And her architect boyfriend breaks up with her, ruining her plans to see her parents. But instead of going home to her parents alone, Brooke decides to have an actor pose as her boyfriend, and of course, sparks fly.

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The Princess Switch is a classic movie and one of the top baking movies that can help you get into the holiday spirit. The comedy romantic drama stars Venessa Hudgens, Sam Palladio, Nick Sagar, and Alexa Adeosun.

The story follows Stacy, a type-A planner with a penchant for schedules, as she takes a spontaneous trip to the charming land of Belgravia at the suggestion of her sous chef and best friend, Kevin. While preparing for the Royal Christmas Baking Contest, Stacy faces an identical stranger and a strange request.

Free-spirited but royally obligated, all Duchess Margaret Delacourt really wants is one last chance to experience life as a ‘normal person’ before she dutifully marries the Crown Prince of Belgravia. And Stacy can give her that wish.