NOTE to Allen's Lollies, when you say party 'mix', your customers take it VERY seriously.

Self-confessed lolly enthusiast Garrett Kelly was so upset about a lack of variety in a packet of Allen's Party Mix this week, he decided to post about his "intimate relationship" with lollies on their Facebook page, only to receive a hilarious response.

"After arriving home and hastily opening my little bag of glucose goodness I was promptly devastated by the horror that lay inside the sealed plastic. Half the packet was bananas and black cats," Mr Kelly wrote.

"I know you have tiny tiny men in your factories who's sole job is to evenly distribute a good ratio of treats among the packets. But I'm questioning now their work ethic and supervision.

"To top it off only one snake was discovered in the sugar forest. This was rather sneaky and deceiving as the description suggests that there will be 'snakes' (plural) located inside.

media_camera The original post by Garrett Kelly on Allen's Lollies Facebook Page.

"However the poor fellow was riding solo - a little scaly Lone Ranger. Needless to say I did the most humanitarian think I could think to do ... I euthanised him in the form of ingestion. "

The post, while clearly made in jest, received an overwhelming amount of support, with over 72,000 'likes' and 6,000 comments.

Read Mr Kelly's full post here.

"Ha ha that's hilarious and so bloody true!" Hayley Kuypers said.

"Totally agree and what's with the tadpoles. where's the old fashioned red adult size frogs!" Michelle Henson said.

But the matter didn't end there!

Allen's lollies took the matter very seriously, and took the time to send Mr Kelly a pleasant and witty response.

media_camera This was all the lollies that Garrett Kelly received in his packet. Was he ripped off?

The full response read as follows:

Dear Garrett Kelly,

We've loved the intimate relationship we've shared for all these years and we're devastated to hear of your traumatic experience (that snake … you did what you had to do…).

By bad luck (eight black cats' worth) it appears something's gone wrong. It's the week before Christmas and all the lollies in the factory are partying - the Black Cats are getting into the Milk Bottles, the Red Frogs are recovering from helping out at Schoolies, the Bananas are going - bananas. Getting them to behave and hop into the bags is just not working!

We'd love to take you up on that chat you offered. If you could private message us your contact number, we'd like to give you a call to make sure you're okay after this harrowing ordeal and to make sure the same luck doesn't befall anyone else.

Thank you for reminding us about those deep breathing techniques - we needed them after seeing the response to your post!

Yours in lollies,

The lolly enthusiasts at Allen's

A little bit of sweet banter goes a long way in the lolly industry!

Have you had similar feelings to Garrett about a lack of diversity in the 'party mix' bag?

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