This week's latest episode of Project Runway started off with one of those "judge not, lest ye be judged" moments, wherein the fashion-designin' contestants got to pick their own models. Some chose to stay with the models they'd worked with for weeks, while others dissed their old clotheshorses in favor of greener pastures. In contrast to last week's episode, which required designers to create looks for women who'd lost lots of weight, this week had the contestants create outfits from items they snagged from the Hershey's Store in Times Square. Instead of a budget, the contestants got time--five minutes to grab as much candy-related crap as possible to use to make a gorgeous garment. We've been resisting the temptation to make a remark about the sweet character of this challenge, but the owner of the Reese's store took care of that for us by telling the PR contestants to "have a sweet day" when they left. It was almost too much!

Guest judge Zac Posen was chosen to help Heidi Klum, Michael Kors, and Nina Garcia decide who would stay and who'd be auf'ed. While Zac has certainly come up with some nice outfits in his time, we wonder if his recent fug appearance doesn't disqualify him from judging. Arrowheads and neon? Seriously, ZP? Watch yourself.

The challenge was to create a fun, fantasylike getup. Outfits were auctioned off for the Young Survival Coalition, an organization for young breast cancer survivors.

To see the fashions and learn who survived this week of Project Runway and who went home, read after the jump!

The scene at the candy store was mostly a mad dash for non-candy items; only Jillian dove into challenge of creating an edible creation, picking up tons of Twizzlers in what would prove to be a questionable exercise in enthusiasm. Back in the design room, she described having the "most frustrating and devastating feeling" because her Twizzlers kept falling off her dress, and worried about being able to finish an outfit for the challenge.

Christian, risking becoming the new Marcel (he's got the hair, for sure), annoyed everyone by criticizing their outfits and being perhaps overly confident in his own. While Christian definitely had a plan and ran with it, creating a brown dress decorated with thousands of Reese's wrappers, he didn't have to rub his instinctive actions in others' faces. Chris tackled the challenge in a similarly direct manner, but he chose to snore on the couch instead of heckle others after he finished.

Apart from Jillian's Twizzler debacle, the challenge went relatively smoothly for most of the contestants. Elisa ran off with a somewhat strange idea to reinvent Gretel (from Hansel and Gretel, of course) in a dress she conceived of as being pleasing to her daughter. Rami made use of Twizzler and York Peppermint Patty accessories, while Ricky rent the Hershey's route.

Only Sweet Pea had a ton of trouble, rejecting her mismatched first attempt at a dress and abandoning her second try after Tim Gunn--in perhaps the most amazing reality show line ever--described it as looking "like a coffee filter or a maxi pad." Definitely two things you never, ever want to wear--at least not on the outside.

Jillian's model ended up helping her sew Twizzlers on the dress, and Sweet Pea came up with at least something that her model could wear. The designers checked out each other's designs, keeping most commentary to themselves, though Christian couldn't resist taking a dig at the poufy non-sleeves (disconnected form the bodice) of Elisa's dress, saying, "They looked like swimmies that you go swimming with." We've never seen shiny silver swimmies (we prefer to call 'em floaties), but metallic kids' flotation devices might be the next big thing.

On the runway, most of the outfits were actually super fun and attractive, fulfilling the mission of the challenge: to bring as much joy as a piece of candy! Ricky made a cute silver dress with a poufy Hershey's bottom, while Chris created a mod by combining Hershey's stuff with shiny Twizzler vinyl. Kit's dress had a Kit Kat (KIT, GET IT?) top and Hershey's bottom, combining two tasty treats for a cute dress. Elisa was in love with her brown dress and thought it created the "macabre, disturbing, Gretel-like figure" she was going for. The dress may have been disturbing, but probably not in a way that Elisa intended.

Kevin cited a goal of wanting to "make chocolate wrappers look classy" and made probably the most normal, polished look, creating something you could actually almost wear to work--assuming you work somewhere fashion forward. Christian's dress of Reese's wrappers was neat, if perhaps not quite worth unwrapping several thousand Reese's peanut butter cups. Jillian's Twizzler dress turned out terrific; it had a sexy licorice bodice (ever think you'd hear the phrase "sexy licorice"?) and two rows of flapper-like fringe made from Twizzlers. Victorya's "ice princess" dress came complete with an odd pose that literally raised Zac Posen's eyebrows.

The judging was spot-on, with Michael Kors recognizing that Rami's colorful candy outfit "could have turned out silly-looking, but it’s made really well and fits her." Kors added, "I think you got the charm and spirit” of working with candy, which some other contestants didn't quite reach. Kors said Elisa's dress lacked the joy of candy, while Nina praised Jillian's Twizzler getup as "sexy" and "playful." Victorya tried to defend her icy white and silver dress (made from York peppermint patty pillows) as wearable, but Michael Kors shot her down, saying "you wouldn't wear that," and Heidi added that the dress was more Dairy Queen than candy. We'd be willing to stretch the definition of candy to include ice cream (plus, Blizzards, hello? clearly Heidi doesn't eat at DQ often enough), but agree that Victorya's dress wasn't quite working.

While Zac Posen thought Chris's outfit wasn't fanciful enough, Kors complimented Chris on a “smart editing choice" that avoided the over-the-top brocade jacket with shoulder pads, and called the result "very sophisticated." Zac Posen summed up Rami's bright red bodice and silvery skirt as "excellent," while Sweet Pea's outfit was dismissed for lack of effort (though we'd have to say making three outfits probably took quite a bit of effort!) and imagination.

Thanks to some playful risk-taking, Rami won the competition and got immunity for the next challenge. His bodice was sexily badass; we were less in love with the skirt, but the overall effect was definitely fun and candy-focused. Despite the Ice Queen monstrosity, Victorya was allowed to remain in the competition, putting Elisa and Sweet Pea in head-to-head competition for the final spot.

It was close, with both contestants being criticized for boring the judges in a contest that was all about fun. In the end, Elisa was auf’d, proving that following your daughter’s heart may be sweet, but is probably not the way to win Project Runway. Also, when it comes to fairytale fashions, we should stick to Cinderella. Still, props to Elisa for a graceful departure, in which she expressed much gratitude and thanked the judges and other contestants profusely.

In the preview of next week's Project Runway, everyone laughs uproariously, and Christian seems to be getting more annoying--he's shown rolling around down around on the floor, agonizing over his outfit. Ricky is depicted crying at the end of the preview, suggesting that he might be auf’d! Tune in next week to see what happens on everybody's favorite fashion design show.