Level 44

Level 44 is the ninth level in Chocolate Mountains and the twelfth ingredients level. To pass this level, you must bring down 1 hazelnut and 2 cherries and score at least 78,000 points in 50 moves or fewer. When you complete the level, Sugar Crush is activated, releasing striped candies that will score you more points.

Difficulty

 * Liquorice locks are the most worrying things in this level.
 * However, as there are holes in this level, bringing down ingredients can be simple and quick if you play your cards right.
 * The one star target score is relatively high which requires the player to drop all three ingredients in as few moves as possible.

Strategy

 * You must unlock the liquorice locks that are in your way and combine colour bombs with striped candies.
 * Start from the bottom once all the liquorice locks have been freed and bring down the ingredients using vertical striped candies or other combinations.

Getting Three Stars (For Daring Players)

 * Difficulty: Considerably Easy

Reason

 * Five colours make it easy to create special candies.
 * The ingredients are worth 30,000 points (3 ingredients x 10,000 points per ingredient = 30,000 points). Hence, dropping the ingredients alone leaves the player having to earn an additional 90,000 points.
 * The player is required to earn an additional 1,800 points per move (90,000 points / 50 moves = 1,800 points per move).
 * The odd board layout combined with the liquorice locks make it hard to drop the ingredients quickly. The liquorice locks can be quite hard to clear due to their position.
 * Vertical striped candies or colour bomb + striped candy combinations are essential to dropping the ingredients in as few moves as possible. They are easy to create with five colours.