Level 17

Level 17 is the seventh level in Candy Factory and the fourth ingredients level. To pass this level, you must bring down 4 hazelnuts and score at least 40,000 points in 19 moves or fewer. If you have extra moves left in this level, Sugar Crush will activate striped candies and score you additional points.

Difficulty

 * Despite its difficulty rated as considerably easy, it is still recognized as one of the hardest levels in Candy Factory as it is unusually hard to bring down the ingredients. With only 19 moves and with 4 ingredients to bring down from the corners, it is easier said than done.

Strategy

 * Combine more vertical striped candies to clear off the candies. Avoid having two same coloured candies below the ingredient as it will make it hard to clear through, unless you have a horizontal striped candy.
 * All in all, focus on bringing down the ingredients, as it is the top priority.

Getting Three Stars (For Daring Players)

 * Difficulty: Very Easy
 * Five colours make it easy to create special candies and also speed up the process of dropping the ingredients.
 * The ingredients are worth 40,000 points (4 ingredients x 10,000 points per ingredient = 40,000 points). Hence, dropping the ingredients alone leaves the player having to earn an additional 20,000 points.
 * Most attempts of this level will take about 15 moves to drop all four ingredients.
 * The three star target score is low. Most runs of passing the level will end up with at least 75,000 points.

Trivia

 * It is impossible to lose this level due to not reaching the required score. This is because the ingredients give the player 40,000 points.
 * This is the first level whose number of moves is a prime number.