Candy Crush Saga: How to Beat Levels 72 to 78

To clear levels 72 through 78 in Candy Crush Saga, focus your matches on the bottom rows to trigger natural cascades, destroy expanding blockers like chocolate immediately, and combine special candies to clear tough board sections within your move limit.

Board Space and Cascades

Matching candies near the bottom of the grid forces upper candies to drop, creating chain reactions that clear blockers without spending additional moves.

Clear Bottom Rows First: prioritize base-level matches to maximize the chance of unexpected cascades clearing remote jelly or ingredients.
Target Center Columns: Consolidating matches where candy density is highest increases the odds of forming multi-candy matches.
Reset Dead Zones: If no direct objective matches are available, move candies in high-potential columns to shift the board layout rather than making low-impact matches near the top.

Managing Blockers

Levels in this range feature blockers that restrict board movement and swallow potential matches if left unattended.

Chocolate: Destroys board space by growing if not hit during a turn. Make chocolate your primary target whenever it threatens critical areas.
Meringues: Static obstacles that require direct hits from adjacent matches to break. Clear these early to create space for special candy setups.
Licorice Swirls: Block line-of-sight clearing and candy movement. Break them to maintain open columns for vertical clearing.

Special Candy Combinations

Simple three-candy matches are rarely enough to reach stage objectives before running out of moves. Match four or more candies to create special pieces, then combine them for larger effects.

Combination	Effect	Best Use Case
Striped + Wrapped	Clears three rows and three columns in a cross pattern	Removing large clusters of blockers in the center
Color Bomb + Striped	Converts all candies matching the striped candy's color into striped candies and detonates them	Board-wide clearing of blockers and collection items
Color Bomb + Color Bomb	Clears every single tile and blocker on the grid	Full board reset when remaining move counts are low

Score Goals and Remaining Moves

Monitor your move counter in the bottom-left corner to pace your progress against level objectives.

Focus on destroying blockers and securing collection items first.
If the level requires a target score, save special candies and detonate them in sequence to multiply your points.
Finish objectives with moves remaining. Unused moves convert into special candies during the final sequence, awarding extra points to help reach strict score thresholds.