Level 173

This one is deceptive - you make a start and think this should be straightforward and then get bogged and. Then you think - "I was that close; this should be easy to complete", and so on.

30 stripes in 40 moves sounds reasonable, but you cannot complete this by doing them one at a time. The way to win this is to match a sprinkle and a stripe, which will typically convert into 10-20 stripes and then obliterate them.

How to do that? Break down the locked candy as quickly as you can because that increases the chances of getting stripes and other combos. Don't sweat too much on the bombs - they are best removed by either a stripe going through them or a rainbow (and if they are the same colour, that's a great way to get rid of them).

Remember: the goal is not to unlock all the pieces, so don't fret over that. Also, wrappers are only useful if you can match them with a stripe for extra wanton destruction that leads to lots of cascading candies and more opportunities for matching.

Scores
Difficulty: 7
Frustration: 6
Tease: 8