Liquorice Lock

Licorice X is a blocker in Candy Crush Saga. It is fairly rare in the game, and is quite a difficult blocker to get rid of, especially when there are lots of them. The blocker looks like an locked door, with licorice surrounding the outside of the square and an X-formation over the candy.

These blockers appear officially as the new element in episode 4, Chocolate Mountains, but make a premature appearance in level 25.

Properties
Licorice X blockers work similar to Marmalade in that they have a candy below it. Candies with a licorice X over them can't be selected. The blocker can be removed by a special candy effect or by being able to match the candy under the blocker with two other candies of the same colour.

If the candy under the blocker is matched, the candy will not disappear, but you will still get 60 points. Nor will it disappear if a special candy is used. Not even a colour bomb.

Trivia

 * These blockers are significantly harder to deal with than the Licorice Swirl, yet the licorice swirl is introduced later.