Level 277

Level 277 is the second level in Candy Clouds and the forty-ninth candy order level. To pass this level, you must collect 19 wrapped candies and score at least 20,000 points in 40 moves or less. If you have extra moves left in this level, Sugar Crush will activate striped candies and score you additional points.

Difficulty

 * This level has 5 colours, making the creation of special candies easier.
 * The starting board is quite limited.
 * There are chocolate spawners that make this level harder.
 * You are given only 9 of 19 wrapped candies, less than 50% of what is needed.
 * If you have destroyed the wrapped candy at the top, candy bombs are dispensed.

Strategy

 * Focus on making wrapped candies, and ignore the distractions like the chocolate.
 * When the opportunity arises, shoot a couple striped candies across to isolated column, but wait to combine them until you only have about 15 moves left or only need 9 more wrapped candies.
 * If you combine 2 wrapped candies in that isolated column, it will detonate all the others, and that will give you the last 9 that you need.
 * The bomb dispenser will drop a maximum of six candy bombs at any one time and each candy bomb detonates after 15 moves, so if you're down to about that many moves anyway, you can pretty much ignore them.

Getting Three Stars (For Daring Players)

 * Difficulty: Very Easy
 * The order gives 19,000 points (19 wrapped candies x 1,000 points per wrapped candy = 19,000 points earned). Hence, clearing the order alone leaves the player having to earn an additional 141,000 points.
 * Despite the five-layer icings and locked candies restricting the available board space, they are not difficult to clear.
 * The chocolate spawner is not much of an obstacle to meeting the three star target score.
 * 5 colours make the creation of special candies easier. Hence, colour bomb + candy bomb combination is not too difficult to make.
 * The need to clear the wrapped candies on the left to meet the order drops candy bombs. The candy bombs are not to difficult to clear.
 * The three star target score is low. Most runs of passing the level will end up with at least 210,000 points. In fact, the only way not to earn three stars is not to activate the wrapped candy directly below the bomb dispenser till the last wrapped candy (this will make clearing the order harder).