Candy & Fruits

Some people just never get bored of old-fashioned slots. If you happen to be one of them, you may just as well make Candy & Fruits from Merkur Gaming your next stop. The slot is retro in every sense of the word - from graphics to soundtrack to bonuses.

Theme

Seriously, what would anyone expect the theme of the game titled “Candy & Fruits” to be? If your guess is ingredients for a fruit salad - you’re on the right track! The only missing elements would be the salad itself!
Disregarding the obvious, it’s the soundtrack that hints to the bygone days of blissful land-based casino gambling. Think in terms of “Packman” to get a clearer idea.

Betting Options and Other Functions

Candy & Fruits is a 5-reel, 20-payline medium-variance slot. The betting range is from €0.01 to €2. Only one coin per line is available. The slot has an RTP rate of 96% and is playable on desktops, tablets, and mobile phones.

And now for the fruit! Set against a blue background is a number of edible symbols including cherries, lemons, oranges, plums, grapes, a watermelon, and something that is either a diamond or an irregularly-shaped candy. Judging by the game title - a candy it is! For simplicity’s sake, we’ll call it that anyway.

Payouts:

• The cherry symbol pays out 40, 100, and 400 coins for 3, 4, and 5 symbols, respectively; 
• Plums, lemons, and oranges pay out 40, 200, and 500 coins for 3, 4, and 5 symbols, respectively; 
• Grapes pay out 200, 1.000, and 2.000 coins for 3, 4, and 5 symbols, respectively; 
• Watermelon pays out 200, 1.000, and 2.000 coins for 3, 4, and 5 symbols, respectively;
• Candy pays out 400, 2.000, and 10.000 coins for 3, 4, and 5 symbols, respectively.

All wins pay left to right.

Features

Being a simple game, Candy & Fruits features only two extras: the wild (the fruit salad symbol) and the gamble bonus.
With the scatter being non-existent, the wild substitutes for all symbols.
The gamble button (or rather, buttons) is omnipresent. Whenever you line up 3 or more of the same symbols, a green and a blue gamble button will appear (that is to say, you can opt to gamble any win!).
To gamble or not to gamble:
The left gamble button launches something titled “Risiko”. Turns out, it is a classic guess-the-color-of-the-next-card game.
The right gamble button launches a skills-based game. You’ll need to climb a ladder to reach the prizes.
Whichever bonus game you pick, one wrong guess/move will annul the wins.

Our Take

Merkur Gaming’s Candy & Fruits is a “what you see is what you get” kind of slot. Still, no matter the intended obsolescence feel, a10.000 coin jackpot is a 10.000 coin jackpot! Therefore, we’d say that the game is not really meant for high rollers, but budget gamblers are likely to think otherwise. The good news is - Candy & Fruits can be played for free just as for gains. Try it out and see what happens next!