Level 265

Do you hate the chocolate factory? Well, now you have a new mortal enemy - the bomb factory. This level is one of the hardest of all. Only 8 bits of jelly to remove, but they are in the most awkward of positions, and as soon as you match in one of them, they are replaced with a bomb. On the one hand, you want to match in the jelly as quickly as possible, but on the other hand, if you do it too quickly, you will create a multitude of bombs and be unable to get rid of them.

Completing this level requires (a) some luck, (b) striking that balance. The things you will find helpful are stripes with horizontals that you can manipulate into place to wipe out across (or match 2 stripes for similar effect), and also rainbows, which are useful just to get rid of individual jelly as well as matching with stripes for maximum destruction.

You will get tantalisingly close on this level and have many "if only" thoughts. It just requires a lot of patience and looking ahead at how the candy will fall. Remember also that matching the bombs away from their original locations is an equally good way to remove them.

Score
Difficulty: 10
Frustration: 9
Tease: 9