I just replayed it several times, you are right very strange most of the marmalade just takes one strike to break but there is always two that take three strikes to break and they are not in the same place each time also those look blue underneath but they aren't as @Ryanthecrusher said (I tried exploding blue with color…
Yes that is very frustrating, it has happened to me as well, unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it but vent your anger, so vent away its good for you!