Tom: "So I'm making my spiced chaifrappelattecino biscuits. I'm putting quite a lot of spice into these biscuits and coffee as well." 

Voice-Over: "Tom loves experimenting with novel ingredients and intense flavors. He's made 300 practice biscuits to master his blend of four spices and ground coffee for a biscuit with a kick." 

Jenn: "I'm calling these my boomerang biscuit bars. I have a sister who lives in Australia, and so these are Australian flavors."

Voice-over: "A macadamia shortbread will serve as the base for Jen's boomerang bars. That will get a punch of umami from an unexpected Aussie flavor in her caramel. She's using Vegemite!"

Paul Hollywood: "Vegemite?"

Jenn: "Yeah. It's like yeast extract."

Paul Hollywood: "Caramel yeast extract?" 

Jenn: "Yes."

Paul Hollywood: "Why did you come up with this?"

Jenn: "Somebody's got to be the innovator and do something nobody's ever done before."

Voice-over: "Chris is sticking to the classical coffee flavor with chocolate." 

Chris: "It just kind of amps up that chocolate flavor that, combined with the hazelnut and the other chocolate that's going in there, it's gonna be a chocolate lover's dream."

Voice-over: "Chris's cookie will be chock full of his favorite sweet treat. His chocolate wafer will be coated in caramel and a whipped hazelnut ganache."

RJ: "I'm starting with a simple scottish style shortbread. It's a great vehicle for the other flavors I have coming."

Voice-over: "Channeling his childhood in northern California, RJ's caramel apple cookie bars will get that taste of home with an apple whiskey ganache."

"With her Samoan heritage close to her heart, Mackenzie's layering almond shortbread with toasted coconut and cherry jam."

Mackenzie: "My maiden name is fa'umu ina. And fa means in the way of umu is like the oven food, and then ina is drink. So my maiden name literally means, let's party."

Ruoyun: "I'm putting condensed milk in for the milk candy that I'm doing. Part of the reason why I got into baking is just so that I could make things that I like to eat."

Voice-over: "Drawing inspiration from her favorite chinese candies, Royun's pistachio shortbread will be topped with raspberry jelly and a milk candy center."

Ruoyun: "And then the whole shell itself is a very dark chocolate."

Nicole: "I do a lot of foraging. I tried to not have berries in every bake. I do have berries, but that's just kind of the way it is. Cause that's what I know. That's what I love. That's what I do all day."

Voice-over: "Nicole's nutty shortbread will be sandwiched with raspberry ganache, coated with a pink white chocolate drizzle."

Voive-over: "Ohio native Brad unwinds from stressful days in court as an attorney by baking his late mother's recipes. Hoping to make a strong case for his home state flavors, Brad's bars will feature layers of chocolate, shortbread, peanut butter mousse, and Ohio buckeye filling."

Brad: "The buckeye tree is the state tree of Ohio. And they drop off nuts that are about that big, and they're dark brown with a light brown center. And so we make buckeye cookies, peanut butter rolled into a ball, then dipped in chocolate coating."