Are Tim Tams wafers?

Tim Tams are beloved cookies (or not exactly cookies, because the official slogan is “It’s not a cookie, it’s a Tim Tam!”) from Australia that are covered in chocolate. They’re substantial—the cookie opposite of those flimsy waffly wafers.

Why is a Tim Tam called a Tim Tam?

In 1963, Arnott’s launched Tim Tams , a new chocolate-covered biscuit based on a British product called Penguin. They were named after a horse that won the Kentucky Derby in 1958, by Ross Arnott, who had attended the race and fancied the name. Tim Tams proved a winner for Arnott’s, becoming its best-selling product.

Is a Tim Tam a cookie or biscuit?

Tim Tam biscuits are Australia’s most loved chocolate biscuit. With a unique combination of biscuit, cream filling and chocolate coating, it’s an indulgent treat you’ll want to share with friends and family.

How would you describe a Tim Tam?

A Tim Tam is essentially two chocolate malt biscuits, coated in a thin layer of milk chocolate, with a chocolate cream filling right down the middle. There’s a lot of chocolate in one small biscuit, but in the U.S. you can get flavours like “Chewy Caramel” and “Dark Mint” — the latter not available to Aussies.

What is bad about Tim Tams?

The chocolate coating in Tim Tams is not made from cocoa, but a mixture of artificial colours of Tartrazine (102), Sunset Yellow (110), Allura Red (129), Brilliant Blue (133) and Caramel (150). These additives are all suspect carcinogens. Fruit juices and juice drinks are common offenders of artificial colours.

Do Tim Tams have bugs in them?

The classic Australian chocolate favourite contains cochineal – a type of food coloring that comes from South American insects and has been known to provoke severe allergic reactions.

What is the best Tim Tam Flavour?

This Is Our Definitive Ranking Of Tim Tam Flavours, Argue Amongst Yourselves

#8. White.
#7. Choc Mint.
#6. Strawberries & Cream (Crafted Collection)
#5. Dark.
#4. Salted Caramel (Crafted Collection)
#3. Double Coat.
#2. Chewy Caramel.
#1. Original. Ah, the original Tim Tam.

How many different types of Tim Tams are there?

Varieties. In the 2000s Arnott’s sold different varieties of the product. Varieties include double coat, dark chocolate, white chocolate, caramel, dark chocolate mint, honeycomb and choc orange.

How many Tim Tams should I eat?

For most of us, Salis advises honouring your cravings with a decent sized serving — say two or three biscuits — when you really want or need it. “It’s important, from a psychological point of view that you feel like you have had a good feed,” she explains. “If one Tim Tam is enough for you then that’s good.

Why are Tim Tams so good?

Here’s how it works: the first time you ever ate a Tim Tam your brain registered the enjoyment of the unique taste sensation by flooding you with the pleasure chemicals dopamine and serotonin. That’s the reward system and it’s essential to human survival.

How unhealthy are Tim Tams?

A classic Tim Tam has 8.2g sugar per biscuit, equal to 44.9g sugar per 100g. That’s a little over two teaspoons (one teapoon of sugar equals 4g) —the World Health Organisation recommends an upper limit of roughly six teaspoons (25g) of free sugars per day.

Why are Tim Tams so bad for you?

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What is the new Tim Tam Flavour?

Get excited Australia because Arnott’s has finally launched its newest Tim Tam flavour: Dark Choc Banoffee. The new flavour is made from two malted biscuits sandwiched together with a banana-flavoured cream and gooey toffee centre, coated in dark chocolate.

Why are Tim Tams unhealthy?

Tim Tam — 8.2g sugar per biscuit A classic Tim Tam has 8.2g sugar per biscuit, equal to 44.9g sugar per 100g. Everyone knows Tim Tams are sugar-laden sometimes foods, but many foods you consider “healthy” sneak in more sugar per serve than the classic Aussie biscuit.

Do Tim Tams make you fat?

If you binge drink or eat the high sugar or fat stuff every day, you are going to put on weight. Over two weeks, you eat 14 Tim Tams – 14 x 95 = 1330 Calories – That means despite eating your treat in moderation, you’ve ingested nearly a whole day’s extra, empty calories over that 2 week period.