try to avoid using the candies that block the bombs from coming out (at most left and right rows). sometimes striped candies combos at the bottom part of the board eliminate them. then pay attention so it won't be too late to match/cancel the explosions. once there are only 15 moves or less left it won't be a problem any more.... :) good luck.

All depends on the board you get. 100% luck. Ceasing to be fun.

Took me a week to beat this level. I used the circle w/checkmark booster. Worked like a champ. Still had 18 moves left.

That's why they make it so hard, so that you'll spend money. I refuse to do that, so I finally deleted the game last week after being stuck on this level. No more.

I had to buy boosters to get off this level. Hand switchers, hammers, striped candy and an extra moves too. It was either that or quit

Does anyone have the problem of bombs exploding and ending your turn when one isn't even active? Plus too they explode too soon , before their time is up

Stop playing for a week or so and y0ou get a better board

This level sucks.

I beat this level on my tablet outside waiting for a play to start. Did it in about 6 tries. So, I know it can be done. You just need the right amount of practice.

Oh, thanks. I have been spending too much time on CC; three or four levels had frustrated me, but at least they seemed possible to beat. Only tried this one for a couple of times - ridiculous. Bye PS: is it possible to delete all the progress on CC - so that I won't be tempted to try and play (for there is no way I'd start from the begining :) )?

Really getting fed up with this level! I will give it one more day then I'm done! It's not fun anymore.

Thanks for the great tip \"Try to make special candies next to one another so you don’t have to move them together.\" HA! They explode but the order counter doesn't decrease...this level is soooo annoying on every level...and I too have now experienced the F.colored.bomb exploding with only 4 candies and wiping out everything I had but making all those stupid wrapped candies which also blow all your efforts to bits. Someone needs to take another look at this and revamp the tips.

Not one of my favorites...a lot of stuff going on here and stripes going off all over the place but when 2 cascade together and go off, it doesn't count as one of your orders. Then there's the bloody bombs and all kinds of color bombs and wrapped candies screwing everything up by exploding at random, usually when you're on your last order side by side with one move left. Whoever put this one together is evil

I finally passed this bullcrap level after close to 250 attempts

This level is beyond impossible and you need major luck to pass it. You have 50 moves, so that means you have 10 moves to create and position the special candies. There is no way possible you can strategically do it. I have played over 250 games and haven't come close to beating it. When candy crush does this I just stop playing for a week or so and the game makes it easier to pass the level

again i stuck on level 266... how can i pass this?

I stopped playing at 266....more aggravating than fun.

So, I'm still playing after a few days. I enjoy reading the comments of everyone who is frustrated like myself. Now I'm paying more att'n and find how many \"opportunities\" show up when I'm on my last move. Ones that did not seem possible the move before. I'm sure it's programmed to encourage you to pay for one last move, which I only did on level 70, never again. So it helps not to take it too seriously because we just move on to a couple of levels we blow through and then another one like this. I was stuck on one for days a few weeks ago, then some 'angel' or whatever it was cld appeared and passed me through the level.

I FINALLY beat this level after about six weeks of trying. My suggestions: Keep resetting the board until, on your first move, you can make a stripe above the horizontal line of chocolate. Work the top of the board as long as you can, since working the lower half might uncork the bomb dispenser. Don't worry about where the stripes are. Just keep making them. Eventually two will fall together. (However, try not to make two of the same color too close to one another, since a move might accidentally make a line with both of them in it, detonating them both.) Finally, don't try to make color bombs. If one comes up, great, but color bombs are of limited use to you. The best use of a color bomb on this level is to get rid of bombs coming out of the dispensers. And you know what, if you don't succeed, don't sweat it. It's only a game. Keep playing. It's not like your life depends on it. :) By the way, I can't say I had all the same technical problems some other players had, like getting a color bomb when you put four together. Maybe that's a device issue. I'm playing on an Android phone.

ABSOLUTELY rediculous.....I QUIT!