Tim Tam
Tim Tams are chocolate chip cookies from Arnott's Biscuits Holdings in Australia . A Tim Tam consists of two layers of biscuit covered with chocolate, between which a light chocolate cream is embedded.
According to Arnott’s , around 35 million packages are sold each year, which corresponds to around 400 million biscuits.
history
Tim Tams were first launched in 1964. The name pays homage from Ross Arnott , the company's founder, to the winning horse of the 1958 Kentucky Derby. The new biscuit was based on the existing British Penguin biscuit . In 2003, Arnott's sued Dick Smith Foods for trademark infringement of their Temptin ' brand cookies , which were similar to Tim Tam and had similarly designed packaging. The case was settled out of court. Smith commented by casting Greg Arnott , a member of the Arnott family, in a commercial for Temptin’s .
From November 2008 to March 2009, Tim Tams were first presented as a promotional item in the US by Pepperidge Farm . They were only sold in Target branches in the Original (offered as Chocolate Crème ) and Caramel variations . At that point, Pepperidge Farm started an online community where visitors could follow the biscuits from Australia to the USA. In October 2009 the two varieties were available again, this time also in the Classic Dark variation and in all supermarkets.
Variations
- Tim Tam Original
- Tim Tam Original Value Pack
- Tim Tam Double Coat
- Tim Tam Chewy Caramel
- Tim Tam Classic Dark
- Tim Tam White
- Tim Tam Original Finger
- Tim Tam Original Individually Wrapped
- Tim Tam Crush Honeycomb
- Tim Tam Crush Mint Crisp
- Tim Tam Crush Cookies & Cream
- Tim Tam Sweet Surrender Choc Hazelnut Flavored Mousse
- Tim Tam Sweet Surrender Black Forest Delight
- Tim Tam Sweet Surrender Creme Caramel
- Tim Tam Choco Strawberry
Tim Tam Slam
The Tim Tam Slam is the art of biting off the ends of the Tim Tam and using the biscuit as a straw to soak up a hot drink. It was performed by Natalie Imbruglia and host Graham Norton in the So Graham Norton TV series in the USA . American actress Jennifer Love Hewitt also performed it live on Rove McManu's Australian talk show Rove Live .
execution
Two opposite corners of the biscuit are bitten off and one end is dipped in a drink (usually coffee ). If you suck on the biscuit, the drink is drawn through the biscuit, similar to a straw. The crispy inner biscuit will soften and the outer chocolate coating will begin to melt. Ideally, the inside of the cookie should collapse, but the outside should remain intact long enough for the liquid to reach your mouth. A chilled biscuit helps maintain the outside layer while the inside melts.
The thick chocolate coating of the Tim Tam Double Coat provides a more stable structure that prevents premature collapse. The caramel center of Tim Tam Chewy Caramel also helps to hold the biscuit together for a longer time. Arnott’s used the name Tim Tam Suck in an advertising campaign in 2002 .
World record attempt
On Australia Day 2004 200 people in a bar in trying Croydon ( England ) and supposedly 30,000 people in the entire United States set a world record attempt in tea drinking by Tim Tams .
Individual evidence
- ^ Roz Pulley: Welcome to Cairns ... Tim Tam capital of OZ (English) . In: The Cairns Post , News Corporation , Sept. 24, 2005, p. 3.
- ^ Battle of the biscuits: Date set for Arnott's case against Dick Smith . April 2003. Archived from the original on September 30, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 13, 2010. (English)
- ↑ Smith and fans tempt Tim Tams . May 2003. Retrieved May 13, 2010. (English)
- ↑ An Arnott is the latest weapon for cheeky Dick . September 2003. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 13, 2010. (English)
- ↑ The Tim Tam Test: USA vs. Australia . Archived from the original on May 26, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 13, 2010. (English)
- ↑ Tim Tam Tracker . Archived from the original on March 16, 2010. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 15, 2010. (English)
- ↑ Tim Tam Suck . June 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2002. Retrieved May 15, 2010. (English)
- ↑ Tea-sucking record attempt . January 2004. Retrieved May 15, 2010. (English)
Web links
- Arnott's website Australia (English)
- Pepperidge Farm Tim Tam (English)
- Tim Tam Slam Germany (German)