Tim Tams suck

[Martini_Enfield]

@GuanoLad

Wow! Have you tried Girl Guide Biscuits, Cameo Cremes, and Squiggles?

1. Not that great, IMHO.

2. Yuck.

3. Blech.

[Cugel]

Gaietys are better than Tim Tams, if they’re still around.

[Girl_From_Mars]

@Martini_Enfield

5. Cookie Time

In a past job I did some filming at the Cookie Time factory, and I got to eat a Cookie Time straight out of their ovens… Quite possibly the world’s perfect food.

And now I want one. I found a shop near me in Melbourne that sold them - I might have to go past on the way home - after all, it’s not for me, it’s for the baby…

[TWDuke]

@Girl_From_Mars

But while you have them there, why not try a Tim Tam Slam?

ETA Oops, didn’t see your reference to the slam in your OP. Carry on!

But your link isn’t an annoying YouTube video, so: bonus points!

Also, your link explains that the company that makes Tim Tams pushed for the “Tim Tam Slam” to be called the “Tim Tam Suck,” which is worth knowing.

[blondebear]

@Tapioca_Dextrin

Attention Shoppers: Penguins are Britain’s third most dangerous biscuit.

Thanks for that link. I used it for my monthly safety presentation at work this morning!

[BrotherCadfael]

But, do River Tams suck?

[Apollyon]

@Martini_Enfield

I have to say I’m not a huge fan of Australian chocolate. It’s OK, but the NZ stuff is better IMHO.

There was a considerable period of dismay and depression in my house when Cadbury moved the last of its NZ choc manufacturing to Oz. It’s just not the same. Probably good for me in the long run, but my wife had a long-term Caramello addiction. Sadness ensued.

[Martini_Enfield]

@Apollyon

There was a considerable period of dismay and depression in my house when Cadbury moved the last of its NZ choc manufacturing to Oz. It’s just not the same. Probably good for me in the long run, but my wife had a long-term Caramello addiction. Sadness ensued.

Have you got a news story on that, by any chance? I’ve heard a couple of people say that Cadbury have shut down their NZ chocolate production, but the only source I can find is Cadbury mentioning a massive overhaul of their Dunedin factory and saying they’re going to produce even more chocolate there, mostly for export.

[Apollyon]

@Martini_Enfield

Have you got a news story on that, by any chance? I’ve heard a couple of people say that Cadbury have shut down their NZ chocolate production, but the only source I can find is Cadbury mentioning a massive overhaul of their Dunedin factory and saying they’re going to produce even more chocolate there, mostly for export.

Well now that is interesting. I wonder if the Oz choc is temporary.

@Cadbury web site

It will see Dunedin become a specialist centre for the manufacture of boxed chocolate assortments such as Roses, Continental and Milk Tray as well as bars such as Buzz Bar, Chocolate Fish, Pinky and sugar panned products such as Jaffas and Pebbles.

This is in addition to a NZ$20 million investment at Dunedin to create a specialist centre for chocolate crumb – the base ingredient in Cadbury Dairy Milk milk chocolate that is used in New Zealand and Australian chocolate and is also being exported to South East Asia.

Hmm… no mention of blocks. A few months back the packaging on all the blocks changed here (from foil and paper to a foil and card box - example pic), and this seems to coincide with all the blocks coming from Australia. They also changed the chocolate recipe (here’s one irate consumer’s take on it) by adding vegetable oil. bleh

Interestingly Cadbury may have listened, according to this press release on their site they’re going back to cocoa butter only.

[GuanoLad]

@Apollyon

They also changed the chocolate recipe … by adding vegetable oil.

Doggone. That explains a lot.