Blocker

Blockers are the most common element in Candy Crush Soda Saga designed to obstruct matches and create obstacles. These objects can occupy one or more of the following functions:

• Prevent a player from accessing and using candies (e.g. liquorice lock).
• Prevent candies from taking up a space until cleared (e.g. cupcake, liquorice link).
• Prevent a special candy from performing their normal function (e.g. liquorice swirl, peppermint stick).

• Prevent level objective from being completed (e.g. honey, ice, pancake in jam, bubblegum levels and so on).

• Multiplies and replaces candies (e.g. chocolate, white chocolate).
• Multiplies and lock candies (e.g. bubblegum).
• Prevent not the same kind of candy colours from clearing (e.g. color blocker).

Typically, blockers take up a square (except jelly cake, which occupy four, and peppermint stick which go between squares). Blockers threaten the combination of candies and can often be very annoying. There are various blockers throughout the game. Every blocker has unique properties, such as chocolate being able to multiply if not broken in one move and liquorice swirls being resistant to specials. Some blockers are harder to remove than others.

Blockers are the main obstacles of the board, so it's advisable to clear them as quickly as possible. Unlike Candy Crush Saga, without order levels, it is not necessary to clear all blockers but still may have to clear them in most levels. Near every level has at least one type of blocker. Levels can have up to five to ten different types of blockers, or even more.

Despite some blockers being pests, some are useful. For example:

• Liquorice swirls and pancakes prevent chocolate from spreading.
• Cracker explodes after all chocolates were cleared.
• Jelly cakes and peppermint sticks explode after clearing.

List of blockers

You can click the blocker names so that you can see their information.

Blocker	Image	Properties	Overall threat
Liquorice Lock		Locks candies, preventing them from being switched with or destroyed. May also hold other elements or nothing.	Medium
Cupcake		It is now the first blocker to be introduced. Maximum of 5 layers.	Low to High
Chocolate		Chocolate multiplies and replaces an adjacent candy if none are broken within a move. White chocolate gains one layer and (or) multiplies if none are broken within a move. The white one can have up to 2 layers and is independent from the brown one. Clearing chocolate will not prevent white chocolate from spreading and vice versa. Can be locked. Even when locked, the chocolate still multiplies as normal.	Somewhat High to Very High depending on type of chocolates. Much higher if under liquorice locks or corner area.
Cracker		Immune to adjacent matches and special candy effects, often accompanied by chocolate. Chocolate can only spreads within the area of the cracker. Once all of the chocolate were cleared within the cracker area, the cracker explodes and clear all the candies in its area. It is only available in Chocolate levels.	Game-changing to Variable Beneficial after removed
Honey		Candies and elements inside honeys cannot be switched with, activated, nor cleared by matches or special effects. Up to 6 layers. May contain bears besides of candies. Honey will be cleared if any candy next to it is destroyed, not necessarily by performing a match.	Very Low to High
Liquorice Swirl		Cannot be matched, and resistant to striped candy powers. They are mobile, similar to pancakes.	Medium
Bubble Gum		Locks an adjacent candy or multiplies if not broken in a move, similar to Chocolate. Maximum of 2 layers.	Low to High depending on where the bubble gum is inside or outside blockers.
Candy Ice Cube		Just like honey, candies and elements inside ices cannot be switched with, activated, nor cleared by matches or special effects. Up to 6 layers. Has slightly different of properties compared to honey.	Low to Very High
Jelly Cake		Occupies 4 tiles and takes 8 hits to remove. Once it is removed, a large blast clears all the board and reduced a layer of blockers.	Variable Beneficial (clear all entire board)
Liquorice Link		Maximum of 5 layers (one with indestructible that have candies, other elements or nothing). Linked together in a chain that can be entirely destroyed by clearing any one of the liquorice links within the chain. However, liquorice links with different color are independent.	Somewhat Low to High
Peppermint Stick		Maximum of from 2 to 9 squares (equivalent to from 4 to 18 red stripes) and resistant to striped candy powers, much like liquorice swirls. If all red stripes are lit up, it will explode.	Somewhat Low to Extremely High depending on number of red stripes to hit and number of squares that occupies Beneficial (striped + striped equivalent)
Pancake		A moveable version of cupcake. Maximum of 5 layers. Cannot be matched and doesn't block striped candy effects. They are mobile, similar to liquorice swirls.	Somewhat Low to Somewhat High
Color Blocker		A blocker that can only be removed by matching adjacent candies with the same colour next to the blocker, or by hitting it with special candies. Maximum of 4 layers.	Low to Somewhat High
Candy Roll		A blocker that required for adding paths to help the bear moving into portal. Has a maximum of 3 layers. Some Sweet Escape levels rely on Candy Rolls for adding their paths. It is only available on Sweet Escape levels.	Very Low to Somewhat Low Beneficial (create paths)