Level 12

Level 12 is the second level in Candy Factory and the second ingredients level. To pass this level, you must bring down 1 hazelnut and 3 cherries and score at least 40,000 points in 35 moves or fewer. When you complete the level, Sugar Crush is activated.

Difficulty

 * It is possible to fail as there are only 35 moves and the board is more complex.
 * However, as all the bottom squares have exits for the ingredients to drop, it is not a big problem.

Strategy

 * Avoid having those ingredients going to the side as it will be harder to clear the candies to bring the ingredients down.
 * For fast clearing, make vertical striped candies to let them move to the bottom. Use as least moves as possible to earn more points due to the Sugar Crush.

Getting Three Stars (For Daring Players)

 * Difficulty: Very easy

Reason

 * Five colours make it easy to create special candies.
 * 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 60,000 points.
 * The player is required to earn an additional 1,720 points per move (60,000 points / 35 moves = 1714.29 points, so ~1,720 points per move).
 * 35 moves is more than enough than to drop all the ingredients. In fact, under most attempts, all the ingredients will be dropped within 15 moves which in turn gives many points due to sugar crush.

Trivia

 * Bringing the ingredients down gives the player enough points to meet the target score.