Level 915

Difficulty

 * Ingredients may get stuck on the stuck zones (even-numbered columns: 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th column).
 * Bombs may spawn if there is nothing below the dispensers.
 * It is hard to clear the blockers above the ingredient exits. Moreover, the chocolate will likely swamp the lower half of the board.
 * The ingredients are worth 40,000 points . Hence, additional 10,000 points is required to earn one star.

Strategy

 * Clear the upper chocolate squares, using a direct match if you can. This leaves the swirls there to block the lower chocolate square from spreading upwards.
 * Make vertical striped candies any time you can.
 * As the ingredients spawn, try to keep them on the belt, and only drop them into the exit columns. Try to avoid letting them fall into the columns with icing, as there is no exit there; ingredients that fall there must be moved sideways, which is difficult.
 * Stack ingredients into same exit columns if possible.
 * Use vertical striped candies to drop the ingredients. With the liquorice swirl there, you'll need two hits: the first hit will clear the liquorice swirl, leaving the ingredient to block the chocolate; the second hit will clear the chocolate and drop all the ingredients.
 * Candy bombs are not a huge threat, but be watchful of them, so as to clear any that get close to zero.

Miscellaneous Info

 * 1) 4 ingredients x 10,000 points per ingredient = 40,000 points