Chocolate Factory is a delicious looking slot machine, and indeed it is themed around some kind of factory where sweets are produced. There are kids that seem absolutely ecstatic at the sight of this factory, along with a character called Doctor Chocolate. The symbols in this Microgaming slot machine are mostly characters or chocolates, while the surrounding design is a bit more industrial, showing us the factory’s equipment.
Chocolate Factory might not have a lot of lines, only 9 are used on its 5 reels, but the top prizes are quite good at $40,000. The bonus games, scatter symbols and wilds are the features it offers.
Features of Chocolate Factory
The game has wilds and scatter symbols, but it lacks the free spins and multipliers that many slots use. Instead, it offers two different bonus games, each one with its own generous prizes.
Doctor Chocolate, a scientist type, will be present in the symbol that both awards the top jackpot and acts as the wild. You get paid for as little as one symbol, but the really great payouts are offered for five Doctor Chocolate on the same line, in which case you can get 8,000x. This wild symbol is only capable of substituting for symbols with chocolate sweets on them, so the two symbols with kids, the scatter and the bonus symbols are not influenced by its presence.
The scatter symbol is the one with the funny looking cook that’s holding a huge plate with chocolate sweets on it. The name of the feature comes from the ability it has, to award prizes based on how many symbols are on the reels, even if they’re scattered in random positions. Up to five of these symbols will get you payouts of up to 200 times the bet.
Bonbon Box Bonus Game
The first of the bonus games requires for its Random Bonus symbol to be on an active line, with 3 to 5 symbols. That will be sufficient to trigger the feature, where prizes vary depending on how many symbols were part of the trigger. The minimum you can win is 14 coins, while the top payouts are between 1,650 and 4,375 coins.
Dunk-A-Treat Bonus Game
The second bonus game gets started the same way, with 3 to 5 bonus icons on an active line, but the trigger symbol is a different one, which shows some chocolate dripping over the side of a metallic vat. Once again, the payout varies based on your luck and the triggering bonus icons. The most you can win is 2,500 coins.
Betting options and jackpots
There are 1 to 45 coins that can be used in a bet, each line getting up to 5. These coins are worth between $0.01 and $1, so the line bet is at $5 or less. The maximum bet is $45.
A jackpot of 8,000x is not a bad prize to aspire to, and in the case of this game it means up to $40,000 cash.
Design and symbols
I love the game’s focus on chocolate, most people would, but it’s more than just the theme. It’s a game that will put a smile on your face, especially if you have a sweet tooth, or if you remember being a kid and loving chocolate. The mix of factory equipment in the background, with chocolate sweets and kids on the reels, is a pretty good one.
Symbols: Doctor Chocolate (8,000x, wild), Chef (200x bet, scatter), Bonbon Box (bonus), Chocolate Vat (bonus), Candy (500x), Mikey (500x), Hazelnut (250x), Cherry Cream (200x), Mint Wedge (150x), Praline Shell (150x), Turkish Delight (100x) and Chocolate Coin (100x).
Is It Worth Playing?
It’s a game for those with a serious sweet tooth, but it manages to offer great features as well, along with very good payouts. I for one intend to return to it, it’s got everything I need.
Chocolate Factory can be found at any Microgaming casino, where you get a chance to play it for real money or in free mode.
