Level 868

Level 868 is the eighth level in Truffle Terrace and the 235th ingredients level. To pass this level, you must bring down 1 hazelnut and 1 cherry and score at least 40,000 points in 25 moves or fewer. When you complete the level, Sugar Crush is activated.

Difficulty

 * The shape of the board makes it difficult to create and activate the special candies necessary to complete this level.
 * Licorice blockers can prevent the effect of a horizontal striped candy from reaching the outside columns.
 * Matches in the center three columns result in 15-move bombs dropping.
 * The ingredients are worth 20,000 points (2 ingredients x 10,000 points per ingredient = 20,000 points). Hence, an additional 20,000 points is required to earn one star.

Strategy

 * The strategy for this level should be relatively straightforward after a quick examination -- use horizontal striped candies to clear candies in the far left and far right columns to get the fruit to fall to the bottom corner squares, where the conveyors will move them to the exits.
 * But, due to the shape of the board, that's easier said than done... :-/
 * You first have to drop the fruits out of the top corner squares. A horizontal striped candy in the middle three or bottom two rows will do that, but wait to activate it until one of the fruits is directly above a portal.
 * Striped+wrapped combination or a color bomb+striped combination can expedite things.