For Island Sparrow, who asked me what a Tim Tam is:

"Tim Tam is Australia’s favourite chocolate biscuit. Around 35 million packs are sold each year - that's nearly 400 million biscuits. There are 8 delicious varieties of Tim Tam biscuits:

Tim Tam Original, Tim Tam Chewy Caramel, Tim Tam Double Coat, Tim Tam Dark, Tim Tam Love Potions Double Chocolate and Raspberry, Tim Tam Love Potions Chocolate Mud, Tim Tam Love Potions Sticky Vanilla Toffee, Tim Tam Latte.

And of course, Tim Tam Balls, which were launched in September 2005!

Tim Tam biscuits first hit supermarket shelves in 1964. They were named after a horse that won the Kentucky Derby in 1958. A member of the Arnott family, Ross Arnott, attended the race day and decided ‘Tim Tam’ was the perfect name for his new biscuit. The chocolate used to make Tim Tam biscuits has been specially developed by Arnott’s to give a slightly caramel taste. The cream flavour is a delicate mixture of vanilla, butter and chocolate that complements the biscuit base and the chocolate. It’s this unique cream which sets Tim Tam apart from any other chocolate biscuit.

You can buy Tim Tam in a variety of pack sizes including Tim Tam Fingers, Tim Tam Indulgence pack, Tim Tam Multipack and Tim Tam Balls."

From the Arnotts website.

This is a Tim Tam:



This is how you eat a Tim Tam:

You bite off each end, then suck your coffee through it very quickly while the Tim Tam melts between your lips and becomes a delicious gooey warm blob of chocolate that threatens to become a globby mess at the bottom of your warm beverage if you fail to throw your head back and down the melting Tim Tam in a timely fashion. It is not called the Tim Tam Slam for nothing. Look at the competitive stare on the face of our slammer above. This is a serious Australian past-time.

SO there you go, K, all you ever wanted to know about the divine Tim Tam. I'm glad you asked.