Visually, Sweet Alchemy has a delicious theme with a magical twist; similar to the well-known Candy Crush game, it features pastilles, nuts, hearts, and stars along with cubes, beans, cones, and doughnuts as symbols. The latter is the most valued symbol, paying you 30 times your bet if you line up eight or more of them together in a row.

Clusters of four or more symbols are necessary to form a winning combination; the larger the cluster, the greater the payout. Every win on this cascading slot machine adds to the Sugar Rush Meter. Two ordinary wilds will replace two symbols on the grid if the Sugar Rush Meter is filled with six symbols in a single spin. This will give you another chance.

Two Striped Wilds will take the place of two grid symbols if you manage to fill the Sugar Rush Meter with 13 symbols. As you make a winning combination, all of the symbols in that row or column are eliminated; these removals add to the Sugar Rush Meter. Two Dotted Wilds replace two symbols on the grid if you receive a win with 25 symbols. For larger victories, they additionally eliminate all occurrences of a randomly selected symbol from the grid. Now, if you get a win with 38 symbols, the Mix the Elixir Free Round feature will be activated. Here, you will receive 3 Candy Spells, and an additional one will be given to you for every additional set of 3 winning symbols, for a total of 7 Candy Spells available. In any case, you'll play on a 9 by 9 grid and try to collect the necessary symbols by grouping them together. When you play a spin or cascade, a Candy Spell plays out to help you win. The Alchemist will conjure up Candy Spells to assist you in forming victories. These include: Mixed Candy: The grid's symbols shift to reveal new winning combinations. Sweet Surprise: The grid will randomly receive between 7 and 12 wild symbols (any one of the three). When between 7 and 15 regular symbols are chosen and destroyed, new symbols are added. The feature now has three tiers. By achieving wins with the necessary symbols, you can level up; you can track your development on a metre to the right of the grid. When the free spins round is over, if you successfully finish the first level, the Elixir of Power Bonus feature will activate; if you successfully complete level 2, the Elixir of Power Bonus feature gives larger payouts. The same holds true if you succeed in finishing level 3. To discover magic elixirs in the Elixir of Power Bonus feature, you must select chocolate tiles up to three times in a row. During the free spins, if you attained level 1, you may win a prize worth 3 or 5 times your wager or 2/3 times your overall winnings.

You can earn up to 10 times your wager or up to 5 times your total winnings from the free spins if you reach level 2. The stake prizes increase to 10 times your stake at level 3, and the total win from the bonus spins may reach 10x if you attained that level. In practise, level 3 completion might result in a 10x multiplier for your free spins wins. There is also a map feature; each time you complete the Elixir of Power Bonus feature, the map advances by one spot. This has strewn Treasure Chests that may be obtained after every three levels on the map. You will receive a gift from each chest equal to 15% of your base game wins since the last Treasure Chest was opened. The payouts can be significant if you were able to play for a time without activating the Elixir of Power Bonus feature.