TimTams contain WHAT?

[Jenn]

Comment: This looks photoshopped, but my buddy insists it is not...
manufacturer website doesn't indicate anything of the sort, either.

[remarkgullabull]

Sounds appetizing... IF YOU'RE HANNIBAL LECTER! YIKES!!

Remark "Soylent green is a candy bar?" gullabull

[Jenn]

Weird Al twitpic'd this from his Australian tour a few days ago.

[GenYus234]

I'd still eat them.

[bufungla]

Got a box (imported) sitting at home, along with about 20 of the ones sold locally at Target - no such label.

[Beachlife!]

I too have both imported and domestic TimTams and found no such label.

[Dropbear]

Just checked the packet of classic dark chocolate TimTams in the cupboard - no such label.

Dropbear

[Gibbie]

So is Weird Al a master of photoshop or is the label a joke, deliberate or not on the part of Tim Tam? Browsing other photos on Weird Al's Twitpic, it certainly looks like his hand, the wedding ring matches the one in several other shots so do the nails and just the general appearance of the hand. So he either grabbed this bar shot it with his phone and shopped it in later or it really looked like that on the shelf?

Is there a smart phone app (iPhone or Droid) that lets 'shop photos easily? I know there is an actual iPhone Photoshop app, don't know how realistic the end results are.

Gibbie

[Gutter Monkey]

Oh damn, now I'm going to have to buy a pack and eat every single tim tam just to see if any of them taste of human flesh.

Oh the terrible sacrifices I make for Snopes!!

[Em]

I was given a box—that's 24 packets—of black forest TimTams for my birthday. I haven't actually opened it yet because I've only just managed to clear the stockpile I already had in the cupboard from the last time they were on sale.

[damian]

It is fake. Quality Assurance processes would ensure there was ABSOLUTELY no trace of peanuts in the Tim Tams.

[SatansHobbit]

I used to work for Arnotts and my mate on the biscuit assembly line, Three Fingered Bazza, reckons that on 99.9% of packets, the warning is simply superfluous.

[FrogFeathers]

Originally Posted by GenYus234

I'd still eat them.

So would I.

I get them two or three times a year from my Aussie friend and they never last a day in this house. (because I share... and we're all pigs).

Originally Posted by damian

It is fake. Quality Assurance processes would ensure there was ABSOLUTELY no trace of peanuts in the Tim Tams.

Originally Posted by SatansHobbit

I used to work for Arnotts and my mate on the biscuit assembly line, Three Fingered Bazza, reckons that on 99.9% of packets, the warning is simply superfluous.

I love you guys.

[ricco1]

Shame about the peanuts.

[Pudding Crawl]

Human flesh is added for textural integrity. It helps preserve the structure of the biscuit whilst Slamming.

[Cervus]

Originally Posted by Gibbie

So is Weird Al a master of photoshop....?

I follow Weird Al on Twitter, and he's posted some 'shopped pictures before, such as him struggling under the weight of an enormous avocado, and pictures of his band looking enormously fat from supposedly eating too much junk food while on tour.

[bufungla]

Originally Posted by FrogFeathers

So would I.

I get them two or three times a year from my Aussie friend and they never last a day in this house. (because I share... and we're all pigs).

They're on sale at Target (for about another week, then they're gone until October). Pepperidge Farm merely imports them - they're still made in Australia.

[Jennie]

I sent an email to Arnotts, the maker of Tim Tam biscuits, and I got the following reply...

Hi Jennifer,
Thanks for your email.
Please be assured that the image you refer to is a hoax and the packet of Tim Tam biscuits was photoshopped. The message shown does not appear on pack and is not an ingredient in any of our products.
Regards,
Dawn
Consumer Contact Representative
24 George Street | North Strathfield | NSW | 2137 | Australia

[fitz1980]

Originally Posted by Gibbie

So is Weird Al a master of photoshop or is the label a joke, deliberate or not on the part of Tim Tam? Browsing other photos on Weird Al's Twitpic, it certainly looks like his hand, the wedding ring matches the one in several other shots so do the nails and just the general appearance of the hand. So he either grabbed this bar shot it with his phone and shopped it in later or it really looked like that on the shelf?

Perhaps a fan gave him one at a gig. In these days of Photoshop and laser printing it wouldn't take much for a random person to make up a fake candy wrapper & wrap it around a candy bar; epically if you are going to give it to a jokester like Al?

[Latiam]

Are they really that good? I just saw some the other day and considered it, then thought - nah. And I hadn't seen them before. Strangely enough I think it was at a bookstore.