Level 717

Difficulty

 * The wide number of branches makes it hard to create additional colour bombs.
 * Candy bombs will continue to spawn throughout the whole level, and the layout of the board can make it difficult to destroy them in time.
 * The two 12-move candy bombs are behind marmalade. This might make it hard to clear them.
 * With only five colours present, it is quite easy to collect the orders given. However, the board has an awkward layout.
 * The orders are worth 9,000 points . Hence, an additional 41,000 points is required to earn one star.

Strategy

 * Clearing the existing bombs is an absolute priority. Free them from the marmalade first, and then remove then using a colour bomb or a normal match. For best results, use a colour bomb on a candy colour that is adjacent to the two bombs to free both bombs from the marmalade at the same time.
 * The striped candy order can easily be taken care of by normal matches or cascades. Alternatively, combining a colour bomb with a striped candy will easily fulfill the striped candy order, though this combination is not really necessary to pass the level given the high number of moves provided.

Trivia

 * This was the first Reality level, in which, candy bombs are covered by marmalade. Counting Dreamworld, it is the second, the first being level 440.
 * This is one of the few levels in this episode that does not have any sugar keys and chests.
 * The bomb dispenser at the top is misleading; bombs can drop from any one of the columns (at the top).
 * This is one of the few levels where a special candy is given free without being under blockers.
 * In this case, it is a colour bomb not stuck among blockers.