Christmas must be soon. We got a Tim Tam with our coffee today!!

“Tim Tam is a brand of chocolate biscuit introduced by the Australian biscuit company Arnott in 1964. It consists of two malted biscuits separated by a light hard chocolate cream filling and coated in a thin layer of textured chocolate.

They were named by Ross Arnott, who attended the 1958 Kentucky Derby and decided that the name of the winning horse, Tim Tam, was perfect for a planned new line of biscuits.”
(Source: Wikipedia)

I am sure that not too many Australians know one of their favourite biscuits is named after a famous American horse!!
Hint: biscuit = cookie.

[Laura]

Looks great.

[Dione Giorgio]

Never heard of this brand but they look great.

[John Falconer]

@la_photographic @sangwann
Thanks.
Arnott is an Australian company founded in 1865. It is now owned by KKR a New York investment house.

[Wylie]

Woo hoo, hit the big time. Any CMS? (Chocolate Mint slice)

[Joan Robillard]

Sounds yummy.

[Susan Wakely]

You must have been a good boy.

[Babs]

I thought the same as Susan. @wakelys

[Corinne C]

Based on the description it is a delicious treat!

[John Falconer]

@onewing @wakelys @joansmor @pusspup
Thanks.
I’m not so much a “good” boy. But I just go with the flow and I’m a “low maintenance” patient!! 😀😀👍
And to Wylie …. I haven’t had a mint slice in years. Now you’ve whetted my appetite!!

[JackieR]

Nibble off opposite diagonal corners, dunk lower nibbled corner into a hot drink and suck through the upper cut off corner. Pop entire soggy TimTam in your mouth and enjoy!!!! Absolutely mouthgasmic!!!

[Kitty Hawke]

Sounds very nice too............

[Peter Dulis]

Yum

[John Falconer]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond
Very nice I know but very messy. For me anyway!!

[John Falconer]

@cutekitty @pdulis
Thanks. Great biscuits.

[Paul J]

Sounds like these are delicious. Could be similar to our Kit-Kat candy bar.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Wonderful story

[Beryl Lloyd]

Sounds delicious - so good to have these Christmas treats !

[Cordiander]

I hope you enjoyed it :)

[Diana]

That seems to be quite a treat, a new to me one.

[william wooderson]

You've sold it to me!!

[Mags]

How nice!

[Bucktree]

New to me and you made it sound so delicious.

[Agnes]

Timtam is very tasty

[Beverley]

I’d like it! Wonderful history … bet you were thrilled

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Cool shot and it sounds really good.

[carol white]

They sound very tasty 😋

[Kathy]

A fun story. Are they traditionally sold during the Christmas season?

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@randystreat nope they are sold all the time, and there is a whole range of them. slamming them is the best way to enjoy (you can google that!)

[amyK]

Congrats on the treat and enjoying all of the comments too!

[Rob Z]

LOL John - I had to laugh to think that you needed to explain what a Tim Tam was - then I read all the comments!. It's so neat the way this site allows us to interact with such a wide range of people from so many countries.... :)

[Rob Z]

PS - glad they gave you the original - some of the others are a bit over the top...

[KV]

Sounds super yummy… enjoy.

[haskar]

Sounds yummy.

[Jerzy]

Hope you don't put too much weight on with these treats and your health appetite. I'm sure they are diet :-) Good shot.

[Jessica Eby]

You can get them here, but not everywhere, and I've never seen them individually wrapped here. I had no idea about the origin of the name!

[Paula Fontanini]

Never heard of them before but they sound really yummy.

[Diane]

I'd never heard of them, but they sound good! Neat they were named after a winner of the Kentucky Derby.

[Rick]

Cool capture.

[Shutterbug]

Do you mean Sea Biscuit? Never heard of the cookie, but sounds good.

[Kathy A]

Yum yum, original are the best!

[eDorre]

News to me. Fun info and shot

[Boxplayer]

Mmmmm yum

[Issi Bannerman]

Haven't heard of these, but they sound a bit like a chocolate covered bourbon biscuit.

[John Falconer]

@princessicajessica
Thanks. You can’t buy them in the shop individually wrapped. This is a catering wrapping.

[John Falconer]

@jamibann
Could well be. 😀😀😀

[John Falconer]

@pej76
Hi. Thanks. We have Kit Kats here as well. Tim Tams are thicker and more of a biscuit (cookie) than a Kit Kat.

[John Falconer]

@randystreat
Thanks Kathy
As KoalaGardens said these are available all year round. This one here, the “Original” is by far the best. But after you finish a whole packet at one sitting you feel a bit ill!! 😀😀😀

[John Falconer]

@shutterbug49
I’ve never had a Sea Biscuit. But I have seen Shirley Temple in “The Story of Seabiscuit”!
BTW Sea Biscuit while being a champion horse never won the Kentucky Derby. Not like Tim Tam!

[John Falconer]

@jerzyfotos
Thanks. These are the healthy option. Only one per packet!!

[John Falconer]

@robz
I couldn’t agree more with your sentiments. 365 is a really great site for us photographers.

[John Falconer]

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Thanks for the much appreciated comments. It’s a real buzz when a simple photo generates this much discussion!!!

[Steve Chappell]

Hope you enjoyed the biscuit. Nice bit of trivia!

[John Falconer]

@swchappell
The biscuit was great. My favourite but not generally available here in this facility!! 😢😢😢

[CC Folk]

Sounds delish! I liked the story behind the name since I love horses. Had not heard of Tim Tam but familiar with Seabiscuit.

[John Falconer]

@gardenfolk
That’s because Shirley Temple especially made Seabiscuit famous. Tim Tam is famous in Australia but I’m sure no one realises it was named after a horse.

[CC Folk]

@johnfalconer That is what I found interesting. I have some Kentucky Derby drinking glasses and I saw Tim Tam on the list. The glasses come out every year. I have one glass that lists the winner's names from 1875-1996. Silver Charm won in 1997, the horse I went and visited in October in Kentucky and posted on 365. For some reason, I recognize the horses named Whirlaway, Citation, Seattle Slew and Secretariat (my favorite) because they won the Triple Crown.

[John Falconer]

@gardenfolk
I know the famous Triple Crown. Tim Tam won two of them but only came second in the Belmont Stakes. And I’ve heard of Citation, Seattle Skew and of course Secretariat. But I don’t know Whirlaway.