Tim Tam
It's from 1964, before you were born.
- Maker
- Arnott's
- Origin
- Australia
- Debuted
- 1964
- Type
- Chocolate biscuit
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About
As of 2026, it's 62 years old.
The Tim Tam is Australia's most dangerous biscuit, and not because it's hard to eat — because it's impossible to eat just one. Two malted biscuits, chocolate cream, and a chocolate coating, it inspired the 'Tim Tam Slam': biting off two corners and using the biscuit as a straw to suck up a hot drink until it gloriously collapses in your hand.
Launched in 1964 and named, randomly, after a racehorse, it's the country's best-loved biscuit and a genuine source of national pride.
Chocolatey, indulgent, and engineered for the Slam, the Tim Tam is the snack Australians will smuggle across oceans for homesick friends.
Tim Tam through the years
Launched by Arnott's
Named after a horse that won the 1958 Kentucky Derby.
The Tim Tam Slam
Using the biscuit as a straw becomes a national pastime.
