Tasty Treats Free Play in Demo Mode by Hacksaw Gaming

Tasty Treats review

Theme and Storyline

With its bright colors, upbeat music, and dessert-based theme, Tasty Treats is a lively slot which immediately brings to mind games like Candy Crush. The reels are arrayed with donuts and cakes, as well as jellies, chocolate logs, and boiled sweets.

Anyone with a sweet tooth is likely to be drawn into this high-calorie world where even the clouds in the background look like cotton candy.

Graphics, Sounds and Animations

The game sports the kind of high definition graphics you’d expect from a modern slot. The cartoonish desserts all do a good job of looking tasty and leave the player very close to hyper-stimulated.

Like many Hacksaw Gaming slots, Tasty Treats has plenty of animation going on. The screen is always in motion with bubbles floating in the background, the spin and win animations, and varied animation for the randomly triggered features.

The sound effects contribute to the upbeat tone and sense of delightful plenty. However, the musical accompaniment is a little grating after a while. Since it can be muted separately from the sound effects, this needn’t be a deal breaker for players of Tasty Treats slot.

Gameplay

Tasty Treats is a slot played on a five-row by six-column grid. In place of winlines, winning combinations are made up of any five matching symbols (or more) which are all touching vertically or horizontally – diagonal contacts do not count.

A cascade feature removes any winning symbols from the grid and allows new symbols to drop down in their place. This, along with three additional bonus features – the Free Spin bonus (details below), Bubble Booster, and Monster Hand feature – keeps gameplay varied and interesting.

The Bubble Booster feature is triggered at random at the end of either a spin or a cascade. Between one and five bubbles are released. These can land anywhere on the reels. When the bubbles land, they burst, either adding a multiplier to a symbol or transforming it into a Wild.

The Monster Hand feature is triggered at random during the base game. When triggered, the Monster hand respins the first three columns, the last three columns, or the whole grid.

Wilds, Bonuses and Free Spins

The Wild symbol can substitute for any other symbol with the exception of the Free Spins symbol. Wild symbols can appear as part of a regular spin, or they can be part of the Bubble Booster feature.

After the Bubble Booster and Monster Hand features, it might be a little disappointing to realise that the main bonus feature for Tasty Treats is a fairly straightforward Free Spins bonus.

The Free Spin bonus is triggered whenever three or more Free Spin symbols land on the grid. Players are then assigned a random number of free spins between six and fifteen. During the free spins, the Bubble Booster feature is more likely to trigger.

Plus, you can retrigger the free spins for even bigger wins!

Bet Sizes, RTP and Variance

The return to player of this slot is 96.21%, slightly above our yardstick for average of roughly 96%.

The range of bets on the site we tested ran from a minimum bet per spin of $/£/€0.20 up to a maximum of $/£/€50 per spin.

The volatility of Tasty Treats is high, making it a good match for our preferred slot machine strategies, which target the highest possible volatility.

Conclusion

Tasty Treats slot has several good features. The RTP is acceptable (if not outstanding), and the high volatility will suit strategic players.

The graphics and animation completment the fun, light-hearted theme, and Hacksaw Gaming’s solid design principles make for entertaining gameplay.

Although the pastel colors and sugary subject matter won’t suit all players, for anyone who enjoys this sort of thing, there are few slots that do it better.

Overall, we think players will be satisfied with this slot.