Level 294

Difficulty

 * The initial space is very small, and colour bombs cannot be created at those spaces. It also means that the player only has 18 moves to create a colour bomb and match it with candies matching the colour of the candy bomb unless other special candy combinations or the mystery candies can spawn a colour bomb which can match it with candies matching the colour of the candy bomb.
 * The icings can be hard to remove.
 * The candy bomb is the main threat, so priority should be given to it.
 * Despite the 2 layers of icing restricting the board early in the game and the candy bomb placed in the somewhat isolated place, with 4 colours and the candy bomb count set at 15 moves, this shouldn't be too difficult.
 * The order is worth 5,000 points . Hence, an additional 5,000 points is required to earn one star.

Strategy

 * Quickly get rid of the icings and the bomb.
 * Use vertical striped candies to open up the bottom section.
 * Then, break the liquorice locks and hope that the mystery candies hold colour bombs inside.

Trivia

 * The board looks similar to the board of level 289, and both levels feature only four candy colours.

Miscellaneous Info

 * 1) 5 special candies x 1,000 points per special candy = 5,000 points
 * 2) A colour bomb requires five horizontal or vertical spaces but the longest length is only four spaces.