Biscuits and I have a rather unstable relationship. I get bored of them after eating one or two, so they usually sit around for a while or I end up passing them on to someone else to finish. But of the biscuits I like, Arnott’s Tim Tam are right up there.
This year, Arnott’s released three new flavours in time for Valentine’s Day: Pina Colada, Espresso Martini and Strawberry Champagne. The Arnott’s Tim Tam Virgin Pina Colada switches out the chocolate malted biscuit for a malted biscuit, and critically, the chocolate cream filling for a pineapple, coconut and rum flavoured filling. It’s a virgin pina colada though, the lack of alcohol content probably a result of the controversy generated by Arnott’s Tia Maria Tim Tam and Kahlua Mint Slice in 2004.
The cream filling captured the coconut and pineapple flavours of a pina colada. It’s like the Arnott’s Adriano Zumbo Tim Tam Coconut Cream – my favourite – with pineapple whipped through it. There’s also a vanilla/burnt caramel sweetness to the cream that’s reminiscent of rum, but the absence of the alcoholic burn to it means its actually very accurately labelled a virgin pina colada flavour. The melting point for these were also a bit lower than your ordinary Tim Tam. Nevertheless, these were good.
I’ll follow with my thoughts on the Espresso Martini Tim Tam next time.
This Arnott’s Tim Tam Virgin Pina Colada contained 9 biscuits. It was produced in Australia and was purchased in Sydney, Australia in 2015.