Honestly I think there's actually so little real strategy in the game that it doesn't even matter. 95% of the time a freckle crossed with a striped lolly will

Honestly I think there's actually so little real strategy in the game that it doesn't even matter. 95% of the time a freckle crossed with a striped lolly will win the level for you, so most of the game is just spent looking for 5-in-a-rows. Because of that I never felt rewarded when beating a level (though I did play the game a fair bit so there is something there).