Homemade Tim Tams.
Have you guys ever heard of Tim Tams?
I cannot even tell you how long I have been wanting to try Tim Tams. If you’ve never heard of them, they are an Australian candy bar that consists of a chocolate buttercream filling sandwiched between two chocolate cookies and then dipped in chocolate. I know, I know, chocolate lover’s dream!! You can see why I have been dying to get my hands on some.
They are a BIG thing over in Australia, but for some reason it seems the U.S has not caught on. What?!?
Come on, it’s time to get with it already!
Thankfully, my good friend Sarah who writes the incredible blog The Sugar Hit developed a recipe for Homemade Tim Tams. This recipe is one from her new cookbook The Sugar Hit: Sweets That Pack a Punch!. If you have yet to get your hands on this cookbook, you need to do so now. It’s full of beyond gorgeous photos and even more delicious sweet treats. There’s everything from sweet breakfasts, to fruity cakes, to fried doughnuts to all things covered in chocolate. A dessert lover’s paradise!
Not to mention, it’s just an all around fun book, that’s full of color and screams SARAH with her signature touch that everyone loves. She did an amazing job and I could not be more excited to be talking about it today.
Ok and well, these Tim Tams are my new obsession.
To be totally honest, I had a really hard time deciding on just one recipe to make, I mean, they were all my kind of recipes, BUT when I came across the Tim Tams, I knew that was the one!
One, I have been wanting to try them for what feels like FOREVER now.
AND.
Two, with October here, I knew making a candy bar recipe was PERFECT. Hello homemade Tim Tams to all my tricker-treaters…oh wait. I don’t have any tricker-treater. UGH. Small mountain towns are LAME when it comes to Halloween. 🙁
Well, on the bright side, I get to eat the whole candy bowl myself. Sweet. 🙂
I followed Sarah’s recipe to a T then decided to add some toasted pumpkin seeds and peanuts to a few of my bars for a little added crunch and saltiness, I just couldn’t resist. I was kind of going for the Snicker’s bar feel, but with Tim Tams. It worked, love the peanuts and pumpkin seeds on top. Plus, adding them meant my bars got double dipped in chocolate.
YESS.
Of course I loved that!
Okay. So. The bars are kind of like an all chocolate Oreo, which in my opinion is SO much better than a regular old Oreo. Anytime I can go all chocolate, I am a happy girl. I mean dredging a dessert in chocolate? Yeah, I’m basically jumping up and down with excitement.
FYI, I love chocolate coated/dipped/covered anything. Pretzels may be my favorite, though it’s hard to go wrong with just about anything dipped in chocolate.
AND these Tim Tams are fairly simple to make. Nothing too tricky, which is always a nice bonus! Yet another reason you all need to try these candy bars.
Can you imagine how happy your tricker treaters would be if you made Tim Tams for them? I mean, you would be THAT house. The house that everyone wants to get to candy from, and then go back to before the night is over. Yes. you would be the “AWESOME” house!
Trust me, it’s a good house to be.
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
Homemade Tim Tams.
By halfbakedharvest
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American, australian
Keyword: biscuit, chocolate, chocolate cream
A candy bar that consists of a chocolate buttercream filling sandwiched between two chocolate cookies and then dipped in chocolate. I know, I know, chocolate lover's dream!!
Ingredients
- 4 ounces unsalted butter softened, 1 stick or 115 grams
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar 115 grams/4 ounces
- 1 whole large egg
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 30 grams/1 ounce, Dutch
- 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour 150 grams/5.5 ounces
- pinch of salt
Filling
- 4 ounces unsalted butter softened, 1 stick or 115 grams
- 1 cup powdered confectioners sugar 125 grams/4.5 ounces
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder Dutch
- 1 tablespoon malted milk powder
Coating
- 7 ounces milk chocolate chopped, 200 grams
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- roasted chopped peanut + toasted pumpkin seeds optional
Instructions
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Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Scrape down the bowl, add the egg and continue beating until the egg is incorporated and the mixture lightens in color. Add the cocoa powder and beat until smooth and no lumps appear. Add the flour and salt until fully incorporated. The dough will be very soft. Turn the dough onto a piece of parchment paper or wax paper. Top with another piece of parchment paper, and roll the dough out into a large rectangle about 1/4-inch thick. Put the dough on a baking tray and place in the freezer for 30 minutes.
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. (180 degrees Celsius) and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
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Take the dough out of the freezer and slice it into 28 small 3x6 cm (1 1/4 x 2 1/2 inch) rectangles. Separate the rectangles and spread them out on the prepared baking trays. Bake for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
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To make the filling, cream the butter until soft, add in the remaining ingredients and beat until well combined. Spread a heaping teaspoon of filling onto half of the cookies. Top with the remaining cookies, then place in the refrigerator to chill while you melt the chocolate for the coating.
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For the coating, place the chocolate and coconut oil in a heat-proof bowl and melt together in the microwave on High (100%) in 30-second bursts, stirring well after each burst. Once the chocolate is mostly melted, remove and stir gently until smooth. You may also melt the chocolate on the stove over a double broiler.
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Take a chilled cookie and carefully coat it in the chocolate - I like to use a fork and then allow any excess chocolate to drip off back into the bowl. If desired, top each bar with chopped peanuts and or toasted pumpkin seeds.
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Chill in the refrigerator and then dip one more time through the melted chocolate if desired. Place back on the baking trays and chill until the chocolate is solid...then try and stop yourself from eating them all immediately!
Recipe Notes
*Reprinted with permission from [The Sugar Hit! | http://www.amazon.com/The-Sugar-Hit-Sweets-Punch/dp/1743790406], Hardie Grant 2015.
Just make sure to save yourself a bar…or okay, let’s be real a batch! 🙂
yes!! sometimes i see them at target, and then i get too many packs. it does force me to drink more milk than i normally would (does the tim tam slam work with these??). and wow- i’m jealous of all the lucky kids who get treats like this during trick or treating!
That’s it, I’m coming to trick or treat at your house! And I’m bringing extra kids for extra candy. Actually, wife makes me dress up. She gets to me Snow White and I have to be The Prince. I don’t want to be the Prince. I don’t want to wear those white stockings they sell at Target especially for Tall men like myself. But do I do it. Yes, Is it worth a Tim Tam, Yes.
haha! Thank you so much, Tom! Hope you are having a great week!
Never heard of Tim-Tams, but they look de-li-cious! I wonder if I can recreate them with coconut oil instead of butter, and vegan milk. I love the photo with the candles, the mood is so cozy!
Thanks Ana! And I think the coconut oil and nut milk would work great!
Oh my dear lord!!!!! This is beyond decadent and beautiful!! See, my birthday is next sunday, why don’t you come over and bring some of those for me??? Jokes aside, Tieghan, these look reaaaaallly great for a chocolate dipped anything lover as me!!!
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Haha!! I wish I could and happy early birthday! 🙂
THANK YOU!
I’ve never tried a tim tam!! And since they don’t sell them where I live I guess I HAVE to make them, right?? lol Yum!
You can buy Tim Tams at Safeway and Target.
No way! That is awesome, thanks!
Yes, you have to make them right now! 🙂
Thanks Katrina!
I would so over eat these.
First the cookie dough, then filling, and next the chocolate.
But it would be fun to make them.
Oh maybe a little mint in the chocolate??
hah! Thank you so much, Nancy!!
I love that you made these from Sarah’s book and the added peanuts and pepitas are the perfect fall time touch! These are gorgeous!
Thanks Tori!
Haha ….South Africa is behind too…..never heard of Tim Tams, but they look AMAZING !!!! I just will have to make them 🙂
Thank Lynne! Hope you are having a great week!
I’ve seen them, but I’ve actually never tried them. Looking at your photos is definitely making me want to try the homemade version! I need to get her book! I’m sure it’s wonderful!
You must try them and get her book. You will love both! 🙂
Thanks Mary Ann!
This looks amazing! I will undoubtedly be making these real soon! If they are a hit, and I’m sure they will be, they will be homemade Christmas gifts!
And I don’t know small mountain towns sound like the beginning to any Halloween horror movie! Trick or treat!
OH my gosh! These would be the best Christmas gifts, I love that!!
Thanks! 🙂
LOVE that you posted about TimTams!!!! They were mine & my husband’s favorite treat when we went to Australia a few years ago – so much so I buy them online with a couple other Aussie treats we liked. I am making TimTams nonstop now. I live your blog by the way – I discovered it about a month ago, and have to read every day now!
AWE! Thank you so much Joanna!! Your kind comment made my night! 🙂
As an Australian let me tell you that Tim Tam’s are our national treat! It is it’s own food group for us and I am not even kidding. The original Tim Tam is similar to the recipe above but there are a range of flavours. Thanks for posting a little bit of Oz for others to experience !!
I am just hearing of these flavors today, they sound amazing!! 🙂 Thanks so much, Hannah!
Oh my word! I have never had a Tim Tam but I want one now. I can’t wait to try this recipe – and I have every ingredient on hand!
YEah!! How perfect! I hope you love the cookies!!
Now that you have Tim Tams, you must try a Tim Tam straw. Here’s how! Bite a corner off catty-corner ends of the cookie. The bites are diagonal from one another. Put one end of the cookie into a mug of hot chocolate and then suck on the other bitten end of the cookie until you pull in some hot chocolate. That sip or two of hot chocolate is nice, but then you get to eat the cookie. The cookie is warm and has been soaked from the inside with hot chocolate. It is good beyond belief!
Thanks so much for sharing the Tim Tam recipe. I can’t wait!
Oh my gosh, this Tim Tam straw sounds amazing! I must try it! Like whoa!!!
Thanks Robin!
These look and sound amazing. I have just preordered the book as its not out until 22nd of October her in england xx
OH YEAH!! So happy you pre-ordered the book, you will love it!! Thanks Aimee!
I’ve never heard of them before, but you make them look incredible!! Love the peanuts in them!
Thanks Deborah! You must try them! 🙂
My daughter who was a captain in the armed forces introduced me to Tim Tams. She showed me how to drink coffee ruth rough them until they fall apart. I am never happy until I finish the whole box and I am sure input wull even be harder to resist home made ones.
Keep up the good work, by the way, my 2 favorite blogs, your and Smitten Kitchen both had broccoli cheddar soup the same week.
Oh my gosh! Wow, thank you for your kind words. I am flattered!! Hope you have a great week and I hope you love this recipe!
Definitely my first time hearing of Tim Tams, but we have a friend in Australia… maybe we can get her to bring some back the next time she comes to visit. 🙂
They totally decadent… just how a chocolate candy should.
Yes, get her to bring some back!! 🙂
Thanks Brian! Hope you are having a great week!
This is such a food blogger comment, but I LOVE the shot of the tim tams in the cubbyholes with the candles. I wish I could BE in that picture, you know?? It looks so cozy and autumn-y and can I come over and visit?? 😉 😀
ha! Yes, I totally know! 🙂
HANKS!
I’ve never heard of Tim Tams, but I can see why you’ve been wanting to make these for a while- they sound delicious! I’m totally going to make these this month!
xx Sydney
Thanks Sydney! 🙂
They have Tim Tams at Target now, but definitely not all the cool flavors you get in Australia. Lovin’ these pictures!
No way! How have I not seen them! Thanks Michelle! 🙂
I love Tim Tams! These look fantastic and I love the idea of adding nuts. I hope you did a tim tam slam!
Thank you so much, Sarah!! Have a great week! 🙂
Oh man! I would love to be a kid and have these in my halloween bag instead of old boring candy.
I know, I know! Best halloween treat! THANKS!
Host a Halloween party in the barn! These look delicious I can’t wait to try them.
haha! Thank yoU! 🙂
Oh my. These look great!
Has anyone made them and then tried the Tim Tam Slam?
(Tim Tam Slam…. bit off the two corners that are diagonal from each other then dip in a warm beverage (warms the insides and makes them gooey) or milk. Suck on the cookie like it is a straw… OMG.)
Also, FYI… some stores sell them as ARNOTT’s… ie World Market… since I am working there tonite… I am going to grab some to hold me over until I make these!
WHOA! That sounds amazing! THANK YOU!
I’ve never had a Tim Tim but want one NOW because this looks insanely decadent and way better than the boiled egg & avocado on toast in front of me. I would much rather have had this growing up than any old American candy bar I grew up. Love the peanut addition as an ode to the Snickers bar with the cookie and filling resembling an Oreo cookie…a Snickeo tim tam? The American version now selling at Walmart! 😉
Haha! Love the name mash up there! 🙂
Thanks Jessica!!
I had never heard of Tim Tams until now. I’m not booking my flight to Australia anytime soon. So thank you for the recipe. 🙂
Thanks Maggie! Hope you love the Tim Tams! 🙂
How good do these look! I have never heard of Tim Tams before, but I am definitely going to have to give them a try!
Thanks Ashley! Hope you love them!
As an Aussie living in the US for over twenty years, I can tell you how much I miss Tim Tams (as well as Mint Slice)! The thing is, they are not candy bars, they are cookies! You find them in the biscuit aisle in every Aussie store. Now I can find them here at World Cost Plus Market – yay! My kids adore them too but not my beloved vegemite… I will be trying the homemade version which look amazing! Thanks.
Hi Jennie!! UGH. Sorry for my mistake, I just think they look like cute candy bars…ha!
Oh and I have been dying to try vegemite!! Hope you love the cookies, thanks!
This would have to be Australia’s favourite biscuit/cookie. Besides the original Tim Tam with a milk chocolate coating, they also come in white chocolate, classic dark chocolate, double dipped & chewy caramel.
And yes we do what others here have called the Tim Tam Straw or the Tim Tam Slam, except we call it “suck-dunking”.
The picture of the biscuit looks great, I will definitely be making this because I always prefer homemade. Thanks for the recipe my son is going to be in Tim Tam Heaven.
WHOA! I did not know they came in flavors, YUM! Thanks so much, Deborah! Hope you all love tis recipe! 🙂
These look incredible! I’m such a fan of that drizzled chocolate on top– such rad texture. I want to make some right now! xo
Thank you so much, Becca! Hope you are having a great day!
Tim Tams are NOT a candy bar. They are a biscuit or as Americans would say, cookie. Just an fyi.
Hi, I am sorry for my mistake. Thank you for making me aware of it. Tieghan
Yes yes yes!! Tim tams are a pretty common biscuit here in NZ as well – anytime we would have a shared lunch or something at school there would be multiple packets of different flavoured tim-tams hanging around – the caramel chocolate or the dark chocolate ones were always my favourite! I bet Sarah’s recipe is about 100000x better than those store-bought ones though – homemade biscuits nearly always are and you can make them taste so much more chocolatey (and I can tell you for sure that your version in these photos looks waaay better than the packaged ones!). Definitely trying <3
Being Australian I can say these look far better than the original tim tams! You are an inspiration Tieghan! x
Aren’t these the greatest!?! So happy to finally be able to have Tim Tams in my life (and not have to travel all the way to Australia to get them).
I love that you made Tim Tams! I spent a summer in Australia during college and fell in love with them. You have to try a Tim Tam slam… the best! 🙂
These are gorgeous! I will try it. Thank you .
How adorable do these look? I’d eat them all!!!!!!
My husband lived in Australia for a short period and LOVES these! 🙂
I want to make them but am struggling to find malted milk powder in any of my grocery stores. Would vanilla milk powder work? Or plain milk powder? What do you suggest?
HI Olivia!!
Can you order it from Amazon? Here is the link:
I can, but I don’t think the link got sent :/
We have Tim Tams here in NZ but I think these will be soooooo much better because I can make them with my own chocolate and maybe add some coffee powder to the filling. Yum!
Made Tim tams yesterday–And were a super hit with family, they are delicious and today morning I wake up to see all polished off!!!
Thanks so much Tieghan for sharing..
our friend , the recipe is great !
Thank you for sharing
Thanks!
But has anyone told you about the Tim Tam Slam??? Bite off two corners of the cookie – should be two that are catty-corner from each other. Dip one corner in a hot cup of tea. Suck on the other one – instant gooey chocolately tea-filled straw.
I spent 2 years in Australia, and yes, it is a big thing over there!
I lost the count of packets of Tim Tams I’ve eaten… they’re just super addictive! You seriously can’t have just one…
And they have pretty awesome different flavours (salted caramel filled, peanut butter, white chocolate, or my simple favourite : double coat!)
I just moved to the UK now, and will definitely try to make them myself, thanks for the recipe!
Another thing I must add to my list! These look so good, the picture with the cookie ready to get dunked…ahhhh!
YES! So happy you are going to try them!! Hope you love them!!
Hi there, Australian here.
Good recipe hey, but you’ve got to get the description right. They are biscuits(cookies in the US) not candy bars!!!
It’s an Aussie staple, you’ll see them in the cupboard right next to the vegemite!
They aren’t candy bar they are a biscuit/cookie (we call cookies biscuits).
The best way to eat them is to bite both ends off and suck hot chocolate threw them like a straw! I hope that works with this recipe!
That sounds so amazing! Thank you so much Helen!
I made these for an Australian but visiting, and turned out well except the coating, which melted too easily. I notice other copies of the same recipe (perhaps the original
cookbook version as well) indicate that the milk chocolate should be at least 60% cocoa solids; I used a Hershey’s milk chocolate, which apparently is as low as 11% . That might be common knowledge to bakers but threw me off a bit…
Do you have to store these in the fridge after chilling?
Hey Sarah,
You can store in the fridge or at room temp. I hope you love the recipe, please let me know if you have any other questions! Happy Holidays! xTieghan