Chocolates Slot Machine – Free Play & Review

Following in the footsteps of another fun sweets-themed game from Big Time Gaming, which was called Donuts, the new game is called Chocolates, and it is a worthy successor. Both are slots which are going to be appreciated by the developer’s fans, and while you don’t get the popular Megaways mechanic in this one, there are other cool things to explore inside.

It’s all about chocolates when it comes to the game’s most important symbols. In different shapes and colors, you get to see only the wrapping in each case. There are four premium symbols (purple, polka dot red, blue and green) and six low symbols (Royals, from 9 to A). You also get a yellow Chocolate Box, which is the game’s main feature trigger, plus a wild and a Clock scatter.

Developer

It’s Big Time Gaming, one of the more innovative developers of slot machines that you will encounter right now. A lot of their new games continue to innovate, even now, after they’ve hit jackpot with the Megaways mechanic. They then came up with Mega Clusters and Megaquads. These days, they keep thinking of new mechanics to implement.

How To Play It

Select the wager, and then you can start playing, no fiddling around with lines or coins. The smallest bet is $0.10, while the highest is $20.

In exchange for the wager, whatever its size, you are starting each round with 4×4 reels and 256 ways to win. You then get a chance to expand the game area, and to end up with as many as 65,536 ways to win. Combinations are formed via 3 or 4 matching symbols, when they land on consecutive reels, left to right.

Special Features

The main feature of Chocolates, is the one that allows it to expand the game area, and end up with up to 16 symbols on each reel. This happens through a yellow-colored chocolate box symbol. When it lands, it opens up and reveals up to four premium symbols (one of the four types of chocolates that can form combinations). Those additional symbols are all added to the reel, and they can be used in combinations, so you’ve just expanded the game area when they showed up.

You can get multiple reel expansions each round, and it could even lead to 65,536 ways to win, if you get those chocolate boxes in all positions, and then you open them up with 4 chocolates in all of them. Not likely, but possible. Best of all, the boxes open up to reveal the same type of chocolate, that part is not random for each box.

There are two types of wilds, regular and Golden Ticket versions, though only on the 2^nd and 4^th reels. There, they apply up to 6x multipliers (Golden Ticket ones), or they simply act as substitutes (regular versions).

With the Clock scatters appearing 3 or 4 times, the game gives you a prize, along with 7 or 10 free games. This one’s impressive because the boxes become sticky, and they open up each spin, to give you more premium symbols and ways to win.

Maximum Payouts

Thanks to a very interesting mechanic of reel expansion, and with wild multipliers also potentially helping out, it’s no wonder that the game can be incredibly rewarding. They’ve placed the cap at 65,536x the stake, which makes it one of the best games around, if you’re looking to go after a big win.

Summary

With excellent potential, some very interesting features, and also with very high volatility, Chocolates is not a game for the faint of heart. It can be punishing at times, but that’s a risk you know you’re taking when you’re loading it up.