Level 289

Difficulty

 * The starting available board space is limited and only has two quadrants, making it impossible to create a colour bomb and making it hard to clear the fifth row of five layer icings.
 * The amount of icing and liquorice swirls make beginning the level very tedious. It is hard to clear them.
 * The orders are worth 31,000 points, which is more than the one star target score.

Strategy

 * Break through the icing as soon as possible. Try and destroy the liquorice swirls as you complete the objective to keep your board open for combinations.

Difficulty

 * The presence of four colours will cause fewer moves to be spent to create special candies. However, it is not that useful till some of the blockers have been cleared.
 * The order is worth 31,000 points. Hence, additional 44,000 points for two stars and additional 84,000 points for three stars have to be earned through matching of candies.
 * The starting available board space is limited and only has two quadrants, making it impossible to create a colour bomb and making it hard to clear the fifth row of five layer icings.
 * There are plenty of five layer icings which need to be cleared, reducing the number of moves available to create more powerful special candy combinations such as colour + wrapped candy combinations.
 * The liquorice swirls and the liquorice swirl dispenser compound the problem of clearing the blockers.
 * Once the top five layer icings are cleared, it is easier to create special candies as there are only four candy colours and the increased board space makes it easier to clear the remaining icings.

Trivia

 * This is one of the few levels in which the player has to collect a huge amount of candies.
 * In the past, on mobile, this was the only level to exclude blue candies.