Chocolate Matchmaker

Chocolate Matchmaker is a swap match-3 set in Bella's chocolate shop. Swap two neighbouring sweets to line up three or more of a kind, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, mint leaves or orange slices, and they vanish, the sweets above fall and new ones drop in. Four in a row leave a rocket that clears a whole row or column, an L or a T leaves a bomb that blasts the cells around it, a square of four makes a flyer that takes off to hit a target of its own, and five in a row leave a heart that takes every sweet of one colour; swap two powers together for something bigger. Each of the 50 levels sets its goals inside a fixed number of moves: so many sweets of a colour, biscuits and boxes to crack with matches beside them, coconuts and pillars that only a power can break, hazelnuts, sugar bowls that hand out a sugar cube with every hit, and chocolate ground to clear by matching on top of it. The later boards come in shapes of their own, a heart, a gift box, a chocolate bar, a butterfly, and there are no lives: when the moves run out you simply try again.

Every level you win pays a star, and stars are the shop's money. Customers come to Bella's counter with an order: a box of six chocolates for an anniversary, a first date, a grandmother's eightieth birthday or a retiring teacher's staff room, each with the flavours they like and the ones they cannot stand. Pick a box, circle, heart or square, then open the chocolate maker: three wheels of ingredients for the Topping, the Center and the Base, white, milk and dark chocolate, strawberry, mint, orange and more, each carrying flavours of its own. Cover every flavour the customer asks for, avoid every flavour they dislike, press Make it! and the new chocolate, in one of seven shapes, flies into the box on the counter. Six chocolates fill a box, a lid closes it, and the customer comes back to say how it went and leaves a reward. New ingredients join the wheels as you climb the levels: blueberry, raspberry, biscuit, hazelnut and coconut.

Every chocolate you make also earns a stardust, and stardust pays for the special orders: a chocolate sculpture built part by part, each part in a colour of your choice. The Collection tab rewards sets of nine: nine chocolates of one shape, nine on a milk, dark or white chocolate base, nine with the same creme filling, and a full set pays boosters. Four boosters wait under the board for the tight spots: a hammer that smashes one sweet, a row clear, a column clear and a shuffle for a board with no moves; you start with three of each, and delivered boxes add more. Earned bombs, lines and disco balls can be placed on the board before a level starts. Once every customer has been served, Bella says thank you and the Play button keeps serving levels for more stars. Play with a swipe or a drag of the mouse; your stars, chocolates and orders are saved in your browser.