The moon scale may make it unsafe to activate striped candies.
Moon struck will prevent candies matching the colour on the left side of the moon scale from spawning from spawning as the board has five colours. If either colour appears on the left side of the moon scale, 7 additional candies have to be collected in addition to the 4 candies the player has to collect two turns after the moon struck.[1][2]
There is only one moon struck that only lasts for one move.
Stars
Stars
Score
30,000
90,000
120,000
Moon Scale
Moon Scale
Candies
0
4
8
10
Moon Struck
1st Start: moves left.
1st End: moves left.
Moon Struck
Normal moves
Moon Struck moves
20 moves
1 move
Strategy
It is more difficult to complete this level if either blue or purple are on the moon scale, especially if one of them is on the left. If this is the case, collect more of them before moon struck.
Aim to get a striped candy + colour bomb combination, preferably more than one. A striped candy + colour bomb combination will almost certainly get rid of all the chocolate and take care of the order for 12 striped candies, making the level slightly easier.