Mystery Candy



Mystery Candies, also known as Mystery Eggs are abundant candies in the 200s and 300s. They first appear as the new element in Episode 17, Chocolate Barn, first appearing in level 231. They are of normal candy colours and are broken just like normal candies. They are eliptical shaped with a question-mark on them. When broken, a surprise, whether it be good or bad, comes out of the bag. There are many different good or bad outcomes. The odds of a good/bad outcome are roughly 50-50.

Good outcomes
If you are lucky, you will get a special candy come out of the bag. These are the possible good outcomes, and their frequency in ACFOR ratings. For special booster candies, the outcome is Jelly Fish if it is a jelly level; a Coconut Wheel if it is a ingredients level; a Lucky Candy if it is a candy order level; an Extra Time candy for timed levels.
 * Striped Candy (A)
 * Wrapped Candy (C)
 * Color Bomb (F)
 * Special Booster candy (O)
 * Chameleon Candy (O/R)

All of these outcomes except for Lucky Candy has a 2-1 chance of spawning behind marmalade. Chameleon Candy is a medium outcome.Sometimes good, sometimes bad.

Bad outcomes


Here is a list of all the bad outcomes.

Removed tiles and chocolate spawners happen only in the FB version. The chocolate spawner is the rarest, but the worst possible outcome.
 * Icing [F]
 * Empty Satchet [F]
 * 2-Layer Icing [C]
 * 3-Layer Icing [O]
 * 4-Layer Icing [O]
 * 5-Layer Icing [O]
 * Chocolate [F]
 * Licorice Swirl [F]
 * Candy Bomb [number of moves varies] [O]
 * Rainbow Candies [O/R]
 * Tile Removed [R]
 * Chocolate Spawner [R]

Glitched outcomes
This has happened before, but this outcome is restricted to some levels, and  happens on iOS and Android. It happens when a special candy in marmalade spawns where there used to be a locked candy. The X does nothing.
 * A Special Candy behind both Licorice X & Marmalade (C, level dependent)

Trivia

 * Fewer than 1 in 1000 Mystery Candies will yield a chocolate spawner. However, this happens more frequently than that on Levels 236 and 463.
 * Although there are more bad outcomes than good, the good outcomes that are there are more likely to happen, so there is about a 50-50 chance of getting a good or a bad outcome.
 * The luck element involved in Mystery Candies makes some levels that rely on surprise bags entirely down to luck.
 * Getting a chocolate spawner can actually make a level almost impossible to win if it comes out over a jelly. It can only be won if there is a jelly fish. This actually occurred when Level 578 was first released.
 * The board layout in Level 236 is composed entirely of Mystery Candies. It is possible to finish the level in one move.
 * If you look closely, these mystery candies have a slight crack that cannot be easily seen.
 * You may very rarely get a Chameleon Candy, with or without marmalade before level 306. Getting one of these becomes much more common at 306 and later.
 * They never spawn Toffee Tornadoes. Also if a tornado were to land on a mystery candy, it becomes destroyed without revealing what was in it.
 * If a mystery candy is opened on a Conveyor Belt, they will never spawn Chocolate, Chocolate Fountain, Icing or Multilayered Icing. Hence, the only bad outcomes if a mystery candy is opened on a Conveyer Belt are Licorice Swirls and Candy Bombs.
 * When you can make a striped candy, wrapped candy, or colour bomb in a match consisting of ONLY mystery candy, it will just reveal your item, but will not make another striped candy, wrapped, nor color bomb. It just makes the sound of it, then reveals the item.