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canetoad

(21,025 posts) Tue Nov 30, 2021, 09:55 PM Nov 2021

What a rip off

Outrageous. A pack of Tim Tams now contains 8 (eight) biscuits. I can't believe this icon is vanishing before my eyes.

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What a rip off (Original Post) canetoad Nov 2021 OP

Aussie? Fan of "Utopia" or "Rosehaven?" Eliot Rosewater Nov 2021 #1

I've seen them here. madaboutharry Nov 2021 #2

They are good canetoad Nov 2021 #3

I remember them from my GP6971 Nov 2021 #4

Yeah, well make sure canetoad Nov 2021 #5

They're on Amazon, at Walmart, Target... madaboutharry Nov 2021 #6

Thanks!! GP6971 Nov 2021 #7

I think tim tams taste like shit... Violet_Crumble Dec 2021 #8

Eliot Rosewater

(34,296 posts)

1. Aussie? Fan of "Utopia" or "Rosehaven?"

Reply to canetoad (Original post)

Tue Nov 30, 2021, 10:02 PM

Nov 2021

I love them both...

madaboutharry

(42,036 posts)

2. I've seen them here.

Reply to canetoad (Original post)

Tue Nov 30, 2021, 10:16 PM

Nov 2021

They look so good, but the calories!

canetoad

(21,025 posts)

3. They are good

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 30, 2021, 10:19 PM

Nov 2021

A Tim Tam legend is - you make a tiny bite on diagonal corners on the long side. Immerse one in your tea/coffee/hot choc. Suck like mad until the interior collapses.

GP6971

(38,399 posts)

4. I remember them from my

Reply to canetoad (Original post)

Tue Nov 30, 2021, 10:25 PM

Nov 2021

business trip to Jakarta in the late 90s. They are delicious. I even brought a couple of packs home. Now you have me looking to see if they're available in the greater Seattle area.

canetoad

(21,025 posts)

5. Yeah, well make sure

Reply to GP6971 (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 30, 2021, 10:30 PM

Nov 2021

You get old stock, when there were 9,10 or eleven biscuits in the pack.

madaboutharry

(42,036 posts)

6. They're on Amazon, at Walmart, Target...

Reply to GP6971 (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 30, 2021, 10:37 PM

Nov 2021

Not hard to find.

GP6971

(38,399 posts)

7. Thanks!!

Reply to madaboutharry (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 30, 2021, 10:41 PM

Nov 2021

Appreciate it!!

Violet_Crumble

(36,417 posts)

8. I think tim tams taste like shit...

Reply to canetoad (Original post)

Wed Dec 22, 2021, 07:20 AM

Dec 2021

Plus while tim tams shrink in size and numbers, they still add those fatty kilos that make me feel like I'm a blob of fat from that episode of Dr. Who.

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