When we recently revealed that Allen’s Snakes Alive orange snakes were apricot flavoured (yes, yes, we know – why aren’t they orange flavoured?), little did we know that this disconcerting truth would soon become a thing of the disssstant past.

According to Allen’s, orange (apricot) was the “least preferred flavour” in the Snakes Alive line-up of red (strawberry), purple (blackberry), orange (not orange), yellow (vomit) and green (inexplicably, lemon, not lime). Even though anyone who has ever walked past an almost-empty jar of snakes can tell you that it’s always the yellow ones left at the bottom.

To address this problem, the Allen’s team went to the town of Orange in NSW to taste-test a new orange snake flavour. And yes, you guessed it, that flavour is…. ora… oh, wait, sorry, passionfruit. It’s passionfruit.

Apparently, so good is this new passionfruit-flavoured orange snake (which really must be developing some sssserious identity issues right about now), they say it is now ranking equal first alongside fan favourite, the strawberry red snake. Bold call, Allen’s. Bold call. 

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While we are indeed pleased to see that Snakes Alive have become even more addictively delicious than they were before, this writer has decided that she will not rest until the evil yellow vomit snake is forever cast into the almost-empty lolly jar of hisssstory. 

Will you join my cause? Perhaps if we band together, Allen’s will change the yellow snake to a slightly more sensible flavour. Like watermelon. 

The new passionfruit-flavoured orange snake will start rolling out as part of the Allen’s Snakes Alive bag at supermarkets around the country from mid-April. RRP $5 for a 200g bag. 

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