The Sydney Huntingwood plant produces 3,000 cookies per minute, using approximately 20 tons of different creams and 27 tons of chocolate per day. In one Australian household out of two, there is always at least one pack of 9 biscuits. Today, Australians consume more than 45 million packets of Tim Tam per day and each packet consists of 9 cookies. In its homeland, Australia, more than 670 million of the popular chocolate biscuits are made each year. An Arnott spokesperson observed that a customer would have to consume their own weight of cookies every hour to reach a blood alcohol level of 0.05 g. The Australian Drug Foundation suggested that selling cookies in supermarkets was “potentially dangerous” to minors. In 2004, Arnott’s sparked controversy over the release of an alcohol-flavored line of some of their products, including the Tia Maria Tim Tam. In Australia, Tim Tam packs of different colors appeared on the shelves: double coating: dark chocolate / white chocolate, caramel, peanut butter, chocolate and orange, coconut, red velvet, salted butter caramel, raspberry and white chocolate, chocolate brownie, black forest, salted caramel and vanilla, coconut and lychee, or chocolate and mint. Since the 2000s, Arnott’s has introduced several varieties of classic milk chocolate cookies to the market. This chocolate cookie entered the market in 1964. Yes, a horse called Tim Tam crossed the finish line first. In 1858 Ross Arnott, a spectator at the famous Kentucky Derby horse race, decided that his company’s new cookies would be named after the winning horse. During his stay in Britain, he discovered a very popular English cookie called Penguin over there and decided to “create a better one.” In 1958, Ian Norris went around the world in search of inspiration for new products. Yes.Tim Tam was created by Ian Norris, then Director of Food Technology at Arnott’s Biscuits Limited, Australia’s largest cookie producer and the second largest snack supplier. While International companies have purchased Arnott's biscuits and the company has changed hands over the years (first in 2011, to Campbell Soup Company in America, then more recently to a Private Equity firm in Asia) the biscuits are still manufactured in Australia, and the company headquarters is also still in Australia - employing over 2,000 Aussie staff. They are considered a 'classic Aussie biscuit' and are much loved by Aussies living near and far □□□ He took the name 'Tim Tam' from the horse who won the Kentucky Derby in 1958, during the time of his UK visit.Įver since then, Tim Tams have continued their popularity in Australia and also been exported and even manufactured overseas in America. He took a trip to the UK looking for new biscuit inspiration in the late 1950s, and came across a chocolatey penguin, and decided to export it back to Australia and make his own version.īy 1964, these new biscuits were being made and were immediately popular. At the time, Ian was Director of food technology for Australia's famous biscuit company, Arnotts. The Tim Tam Biscuit as it is known today, was founded by Ian Norris in the 1950s. The History of the Tim Tam Biscuit by Arnotts Here's famous Australian singer (originally actress from famous Aussie soap opera Neighbours) - Natalie Imbruglia - teaching Graham Norton in the UK how to do what she calls a 'Tim Tam Explosion' (more traditionally called the tim tam slam!). Once the liquid has come through the biscuit, put the WHOLE biscuit immediately into your mouth and enjoy the Tim Tam flavour-bomb!Ī chocolatey explosion you can only get this one way. In one move, you need to suck on your biscuit so that the hot beverage comes up through the Tim Tam like a straw into your mouth, and - quickly now. You need to hold your biscuit like a straw, with your mouth close to your hot drink. Step 1: How to do the Tim Tam Slam - Choose! 1 x hot beverage of choice - but we think best with coffee!.1 x Tim Tam Chocolate Biscuit - any flavour but Tim Tam Originals are the best.Yes! How to do the Tim Tam Slam Ingredients: While the discovery of the Tim Tam itself are well documented, it's unclear who created the Tim Tam slam - a big shout out to that clever genius, wherever they now roam. The 'Tim Tam Slam' is a fun and DELICIOUS way to enjoy this classic Aussie biscuits at any time of day or night. We Aussies LOVE them and they're at the heart of every Australian home. If you are uninitiated, the 'Tim Tam' is an Australian chocolate biscuit, similar to the 'Penguin' biscuits found in the UK - a chocolate covered biscuit with chocolate cream (see more below). Well, you are in for a TREAT my friend - it's not the normal biscuit 'dunk' you might be thinking of - it's way more fun, explosive and exciting!!! Have you ever heard of the Tim Tam Slam?! No? Maybe?
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