Level 973

Difficulty

 * The time limit given is quite short to complete the level.
 * The board has a lot of missing tiles, which increases the difficulty of making simple matches as well as that of making special candies.
 * The five squares of chocolate initially present can prove difficult to remove before they spread.
 * Six extra time candies are provided, but they are under liquorice locks, and may prove difficult to free.
 * The player is required to earn at least 840 points per second.

Strategy

 * Destroy all of the chocolate to prevent it from spreading.
 * Match extra time candies as quickly as possible to gain additional time.
 * If you are able to create a colour bomb, do it, and use it on the colour whose candies the are the most numerous on the board.

Trivia

 * This is the second timed level in which the total amount of time from the starting extra time candies is equal to the time limit (30 seconds).
 * Along with level 182, this level has very hard difficulty, which is currently the highest difficulty in timed levels (for 1 star).