Candy Cottage is a Hansel and Gretel themed, 5 reel slot from Rival Gaming. The theme, features and set up is slick whilst the prizes on offer remain competitive and frequent thanks to a generous pay table.

Candy Cottage Slot Theme

Hansel, Gretel and the evil witch take to all five reels, offering 20 pay lines and a multitude of betting options. The border has been designed to look like a gingerbread house, complete with load bearing candy canes and brightly colored sweets which showcase the slots many pay lines.

The reels are full of tasty treats and characters from the fairly tale, they include the goose, Hansel and Gretel (who are both rather fat), their bread basket, sugar coated sweets, liquorice all sorts (not sure they were in the fairy tale), a cage, gingerbread house, witch and furnace. Each is animated and springs into action once a winning combination is made, the sound effects also change to reflect this.

The design fits well with the fairytale, although it is called ‘candy cottage’ the designers have clearly based it on Hansel and Gretel.

The wagering is both simple to set up and offers great variety, you can bet from 0.02 per coin up to 0.25, interestingly Rival offers 1 to 10 coins on this slot instead of pumping overall coin value up. This gives gamblers much more choice, they can also select from 1 to 20 lines per spin. Bets per spin begin at 0.25, topping out at $50 which isn’t bad for a slot which offers a potential jackpot of $6,250 (available in different currencies).

Candy Cottage Slot Features

The expanding wild appears in the third reel only, it is by far the most frequently occurring feature and helps create more wins between all five reels.

Free spins are unlocked with three or more gingerbread house scatter symbols, ten spins are unlocked with a 3x multiplier. Although they are less frequent than other slots these free spins seem to pay out rather well in comparison.

The bonus round is unlocked with three or more ‘cage’ symbols, during the round you must guide Hansel to catch sweets/candy. Each time he catches a piece an instant coin prize is awarded, this isn’t an exact science and can be tricky to master. The prizes gained are decent though.

In summary, we feel Candy Cottage is a simple slot which is perfect for nearly all types of gambler. High rollers may not be thrilled by the jackpot on offer, but everyone will appreciate the frequent payouts.