The game is all about reaching targets by making combination of 3 or more candies. The targets could be like: achieving a particular score or collecting a number of combination candies, or bringing the ingredients down or simply clearing the jellies. One gets 5 lives initially while a new life gets added every 30 mins as you exhaust your existing lives. You can also request your friends on FB for new lives by sending them CC request.(This has become a nuisance for many people on FB as sometimes most people gets irritated with these unwanted requests.)
After completing set targets, you complete a Level and after completing few levels you complete an Episode . After completing an Episode, you need support from 3 friends(called Tickets) to push you to the next Level. The other alternatives are - purchase ticket or play Quests(another 3 competitive games) - if you do complete these 3 games, you are then moved to the next Episode.
I gradually got hooked the game so much so that I have learnt all the tips and tricks of it.