Yoda: “Only the Dark Lord knows of our weakness”
In a galaxy not so far far away, the dark lord returned. Garbed in a dark covering, he beckoned using his force and the influence he wielded over the weak, the powerless to turn them into his minions.
Darth Vader: “You don’t know the power of the dark side!”
He crackled open, releasing a fresh intoxicating yet dangerous aroma and entrapping us in his aura. He hid his inner self behind a thick coat, but I could almost taste the creaminess of…
Wait. You thought I was talking about Star Wars? Emperor Palpatine come to turn Earth into a Death Star? Flashing neon light sabers with clashing cool colours? The death of Liam Neeson… I mean Qui-Gon Jinn?
Hahaha, this is far worse.
Seems like chocolate had had enough of me, making it a second choice and being a turncoat to its tastes. It labelled me a traitor.
Darth Vader: “I find your lack of faith disturbing”
So today it came for me. An intense craving hidden in the form of blackness which emptied my body of its soul, only to return by… joining the dark side.
Luke: “Never. I’ll never turn to the dark side.”
Yeah, about that, in case you have not noticed, I’m not Luke. I was kind of missing chocolate anyway. And what harm could it possibly do to me if I gave into the craving finally and used chocolate?
The Emperor: “I’m looking forward to completing our training. In time, you will call *me* master”
So you know how the chocolate came to claim me back, and forever twist me around its fingers?
It sent the lord of chocolate. ‘The Emperor’ equivalent of chocolate.
The Tim Tam. For it, I created and toiled and worked forever more. Or at least half an hour.
The Emperor: “You have your assignments. Do not disappoint me. Now go!”
And so was born The Tim Tam Toasted Marshmallow Malted Milkshake.
All hail chocolate, all hail the emperor.
The Emperor: “Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen”
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Leaving my nerdish tendencies of enjoying Star Wars behind (I could say I only like it because of Hayden Christensen but as much as he was a big part of it, that would be a lie ;)), let’s focus on this milkshake.
Did I just call it a milkshake?
Stupid girl.
THICKSHAKE.
Not for the faint of heart, with a dislike of chocolate or for the people who lack sucking powers with a straw. You know how thickshakes can be hard to get up sometimes. This is one of those 😀
This started out as your normal toasted marshmallow milkshake. Recipes for these babies are floating everywhere in the vast internet universe. But it was not enough for me.
So then I thought of the Tim Tam (exclusive to us Aussies ;)) – maybe I should have a Tim Tam giveaway huh? Hmmmm…. 😛
The biscuit’s official description as of Wikipedia: “A Tim Tam is composed of two layers of chocolate malted biscuit, separated by a light chocolate cream filling, and coated in a thin layer of textured chocolate”
Fun Tim Tam fact from Arnott’s: “The cream used in Tim Tams is a delicate mixture of vanilla, butter and chocolate that complements the biscuit base and the chocolate. It’s this unique cream which sets Tim Tam apart from any other chocolate biscuit.”
So then we had the Tim Tam Toasted Marshmallow Milkshake.
But only vanilla ice cream? A little nuff. So chocolate and vanilla ice cream.
So then we had the Tim Tam Toasted Marshmallow Thickshake.
Then a little bit more from the chocolate malted milk category never hurt. Come on down Ovaltine.
And so now finally, I give you a refreshing, thick, scrumptious chocolate shake garnishes with cream and even more Tim Tams with a subtle taste of malt, the powerful hit of Tim Tam goodness with the edginess of that beautifully charred marshmallow gooeyness 😀
Tim Tam Toasted Marshmallow Malted Thickshake
Makes: 2-3 Shakes
Ingredients:
- 6 Tim Tams, roughly chopped (use any flavour but I prefer original or double coated!)
- 1/2 cup chocolate malted milk powder (Ovaltine)
- 10 large marshmallows
- 3 scoops vanilla ice cream
- 1 large scoop chocolate ice cream
- 400ml full cream milk
- Whipped cream and grated chocolate for garnish (optional)
- Extra Tim Tams and marshmallows to serve (optional)
Method:
- To toast marshmallows:
- Refrigerate your serving glasses
- Place on a skewer and turn over a gas flame until charred
- Use a blow torch and char
- Spread over a baking sheet and put under the grill for approximately 2-3 minutes or until charred – you must be vigilant otherwise they will burn!
- Place toasted marshmallows, keeping two or three aside to serve with, crushed Tim Tam cookies, both ice creams, milk and malted milk powder into a blender
- Process until thick and smooth
- Serve in glasses from the fridge
- Top with whipped cream and garnish with chocolate and extra toasted marshmallows
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Just before I leave off, a fabulous blogger friend of mine, Daisy @ Never Too Sweet (isn’t she just the best with a blog name like that? :D) tagged me with a few awards. Thank you so much my friend 🙂
If you have never met Daisy or visited her blog, it is filled with amazing luscious recipes, awesome reviews and just a fun sunny read every time!
The awards given were The Sunshine Award and The Versatile Blogger Award – because I have happily received these awards, click this link to see the Versatile Blogger Award rules and this link for the Sunshine Award rules 🙂
I would like to pass these awards onto the following bloggers – congrats guys 😀
- Cathleen @ A Taste Of Madness
- Giovanna @ Blue Jellybeans
- Beth @ Of Muses And Meringues
- C.J @ Food Stories
- Promenade Plantings
So sit back, relax, enjoy some bloggers and sip some milk-THICKshake my friends 😀
This shake looks heavenly! I so want to taste it :X
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Thanks Cris! Welcome to Go Bake Yourself 😀
It is o nice to meet you!
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Choc Chip Uru
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Wow this looks a little ridiculous but freakin awesome!! I love everything malt 🙂 MMM!
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Ok… this post makes me insane in the membrane! TOO good!!! 🙂 I am lucky they don’t sell TimTams here 😉
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Omg, I love Tim Tams. Next to Violet Crumbles, they are my fav Aussie sweet treat! I saw someone mention a giveaway – I think that would be immensely popular for those of us in the States! That thickshake looks SO good.
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Thank you so much 😀
Good choice with the violet crumbles (though Tim Tam does have an insane honeycomb version too ;))
Glad you enjoyed!
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Choc Chip Uru
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WHAT?! honeycomb tim tams?? i must try those and then my life would be complete… haha. thanks for the tip!
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Haha definitely do that – you will swoon!
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I am making this vegan cake for a vegan friend who is coming over for dinner. I know you adapted the recipe from another I copied both, I really like what you have done with your version. Have a question. Your recipe calls for 1.5 tbs baking soda and the original calls for 1.5 tsp is it a typo or did you really use that much baking soda. I hope you see this question as I am making the cake Wednesday. Also I am subbing coconut milk for water in both the cake and icing I thought that would add richness. Thanks so much
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Oooh, I hope it turns out well for you my friend 😀
Sorry sorry that is a typo, it is meant to be tsp – have fun with it!
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So glad you saw that, yes I will let you know how it turns out, I love the banana addition and I think that with coconut milk it will be rich and delicious and still vegan.
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Thanks very much 😀
And it was no problem!
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Super fun post and that looks absolutely irresistible!
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Haha thanks my friend – believe me when I say one is not enough 😉
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Oh My God so delicious. It’s like a heaven of calories. 😀
I’m a slave of chocolate myself *shy*
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Haha it actually is (calories and heaven often do go together I have noticed ;))
And nothing to be shy of my friend, I worship chocolate’s feet daily
Welcome to the club 😀
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Yup, sweet and heaven together make our fat bodies. 😀 But no regret, it’s chocolate after all 😉
I’m actually feeling bad right now, because I just fought with my friend. Seeing your post (and sweet sweet chocolate angels) made me feel so much better. Thanks you!
My nickname is Vanila, nice 2 meet u 🙂
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How could there possibly be regret for sure 😀
I’m sorry about your fight, even if I could make you feel better with chocolate – I hope it blows over soon! 🙂
Nice to meet you Vanilla – I am Choc Chip Uru 🙂
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Thanks. I hope it will end too. 🙂
Choc and Vanilla make a sweet cake couple, don’t ya think? Just kidding! I will follow your blog for sure, it’s like a heaven of graphics (although I really want these to be real LOL)
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Haha you bet – nothing beats marble cake 😀
Thanks so much, I really hope you enjoy it! And you are so sweet to say that 🙂
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Wow.. whoa!! ..wowww.. Whoaaaaa!! As you can see, I am lost for words.. can I say.. well hello! there my precious? Gosh..all my fav in a drink? Tim tams? Toasted marshmallow and malt shake? Yikess. I am in heaven.. Delish Choc Chip Uru.. delish!!! hugggss
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Haha, I think that would be most appropriate (love bringing lord of the rings into the movie mix :D)
Thanks so much for enjoying my friend – truly it has a little bit of everything 🙂
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Choc Chip Uru
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Whew, I just listened to the music as I read the description of your creation, and I’m all worked up! CCU, are those multi-colored marshmallows and was that a chocolate decorated fingernail I saw in one photo? This is going to be another chocolate bestseller… hurray for you!
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Haha I’m glad to hear that my friend – bringing on a sugar high without literally giving said sugar 😀
Yep multicoloured marshmallows have always been my way to go and as much as I love chocolate, this is an ordinary black nail polish 😉
Thank you very much my friend!
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Choc Chip Uru
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I. need. this.
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You are so on the right side. The dark side 😉
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Omgggggg,
this just made me gain 2 pounds more in my big BUTT!!! Xx
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You and big butt? Psshaw as if!!!
Besides I was the drinker and believe and butt gain was so totally worth it 😉
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“For those of you who lack sucking power…” I am still laughing. I think I have just gained 5 kg looking at all of those yummy chocolate treats on your site. I would like one of each please. Take Care, BAM
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I am so glad you enjoyed my friend 😀
Now one of each, yes is that order for delivery or pick up 😉
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I was going to use the Force to transport some Tim Tams from Australia to Oklahoma, but I see they’ve already made it to Kansas (thanks for the FYI, Veronica!), and if Kansas has ’em, Oklahoma can’t be too far behind! (Then again, Kansas isn’t that far away… it wouldn’t even require a jump to light speed, by my calculations.) 🙂
I saw the “original Star Wars” in a movie theatre, too — will NEVER forget that experience! Another highlight was attending a “laser light show” featuring the music from Star Wars, played by the Minnesota Orchestra (Minnesota is my home planet) — it was incredible. After the movies came out on VHS (yes, the tape kind that you had to rewind…lol) my hubby & I wore them out from having “Star Wars movie marathons” during the long winters (similar to the planet Hoth; that’s why we moved to OK.) 😉
What a great concoction you’ve come up with, Choc Chip Uru — the “thick shake” is a chocolate lover’s dream come true! Congratulations on your latest awards, too!
P.S. I voted for R2D2 in your USB poll!
P.P.S.S. Your caramel corn was stellar — we ate it while watching a movie from a neighboring galaxy… E.T. 🙂 (He was the only one using a phone — ours were OFF!)
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Wow you have the universe in check right now 😉
I am glad you do not have whiz off to Aus in a starship for the sake of Tim Tams!
Wowwww, you are like the Yoda of Star Wars by now – and I, being the naive young padawan that I am must admit you had me confused for a second with a VHS 😛
Thank you so much on both counts my friend – I am sure your inner chocolate lover would love it 🙂
Great choice of vote and I am sooooo glad you enjoyed it (with a great movie choice ;)) – good on you for turning off those phones 😀 and now I am craving more popcorn – no chance you still want to visit by starship do you?
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Choc Chip Uru
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Pure awesomeness. I kneel in its presence!
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Haha, most gracious yet expected of you young padawan 😉
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wow that’s oh so chocolate! 🙂 must be good for chocolate lovers out there
Latest: Crown of Pork Experience
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You bet it was (chocolate lover right here ;))
Thank you!
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Yes, You should do the Tim Tam giveaway. Last time when I visited Sydney, I brought with me almost a dozen of them. They taste great and this milk shake with tim tam in would be simply irresistible. Have a wonderful Friday evening!
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Haha, you are one of many who has approved with good reason too 😀
Thanks for enjoying it my friend – have a great weekend!
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Choc Chip Uru
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I could go for a thick shakes right now. We do not have tim tams but I am sure I could find a substitute.
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I hope you enjoy it my friend – another blogger mentioned a biscuit called Penguins? But Oreos would work well too 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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Sounds really really good!I can imagine the chocolaty, marshmallowy goodness in every sip of this delicious shake!!Brava 🙂
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Thank you my friend – you described it perfectly 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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Ohh this looks sinfully delicious!
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Thanks – it definitely was 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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Ooh, how the nerd in me loved this post. And I do think that milk- sorry- thickshake would be enough to turn me to the dark side. What can I say, the force is not strong with me.
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Haha sometimes it is nice to bring out the inner nerd 😀
And I think in this case, it is a good thing the force is not too strong 😉
Thanks for enjoying!
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Choc Chip Uru
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liked d post..really enjoed alot
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Thanks so much my dear friend 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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Fun post! And I sure learned something…I’d never heard of Tim Tams. That is one super thick, delicious milk shake!
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Thanks so much 😀
And very happy I introduced you to the beauty that is a Tim Tam!
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Choc Chip Uru
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Your posts never fail to make me smile. I don’t have chocolate malted milk powder, but I have plain. I wonder if I can make that work.
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Thank you my friend 😀
Plain will work just as fine or Milo as well 🙂
Enjoy!
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Choc Chip Uru
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you never fail to make me smile!!!
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Too kind my friend 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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Yes! And Yum! Tim Tam shake seriously rocks cookies & cream anytime! Serious study power to be found in that there thick shake 🙂
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Thanks so much – I do have agree with that, cookies and cream is definitely not the same 😀
And I would like to say I studied after this shake 😉
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Because I’m studying to be a chef, I can officially say when I bake sponge cakes and cook in my day to day, that is my homework! Makes life much easier, lol
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That is the coolest studying ever my friend :D!!!
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So funny! I’m a huge Star Wars nerd also but not as good as you 🙂 I’ve never heard of TimTam’s before! I wonder if I can even find them here – I’ll have to look. What a delicious concoction!
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Believe me, I do not remember these quotes 😛 – but still a fan!
I hope you find them my friend and enjoy this thickshake – thanks 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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I like!!!
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Thanks 😀
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This post and all its silly ridiculousness totally made my day! The chocolate didn’t hurt either. Swoon!
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Haha I am so glad it did 😀
Thanks for enjoying!
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Choc Chip Uru
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Looks fantastic. Be still my heart, CHOCOLATE! I’m already on the dark side! No Tim Tams here but I could definitely work it out with a different cookie, you got me with the toasted marshmallows, ice cream and Ovaltine alone!
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Haha, you sounded just like me while drinking/eating this shake 😀
Thank you very much for enjoying and I bet with some Oreos you could have quite an impact… 😉
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Choc Chip Uru
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This shake is a dream come true. I mean, wow! Chocolate, cookies, and marshmallows. That is one hell of a shake.
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When you put it like that, it certainly does have an essence of chocolate dreams 😉
Thanks so much!
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Choc Chip Uru
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I never heard about Tim tams,but sure the shake looks so yummy and chocolaty.
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I hope you see them soon and thanks so much 😀
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What a delicious and decadent milkshake!! Who doesn’t love tim tams, and well a tim tam milkshake is even better!
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Thanks my friend – and I agree with your logic completely 😀
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I definitely have such a dark side! Chocolate is my weakness too! This shake is heavenly!
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Haha I am glad you do my friend – what is life without a little chocolatey darkness? 😀
Thank you!
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Choc Chip Uru
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So much sweet goodness, what a yummy drink! Congratulations on your well-deserved awards!
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Thank you my friend on both counts 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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I have not tried Tim Tans before because I don’t think I have seen them. I am going to look for them though because I would love to try this shake. I prefer luscious thick shakes like yours.
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I hope you find them soon my friend – very happy you enjoy thicker shakes 😀
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WHAAAT this post has left me a quivering, drooling mess. WHERE CAN I GET A TIM TAM IN THE US
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Haha, I take that as a compliment!
I personally am sure it will be at foreign confectionery stores, lots of people say it is in world food markets – hope you find them 😀
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I think I’ve had those Tams before… they’re good! I’ll bet your shake was just fantastic. I love malt! 🙂
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I am glad you have my friend – pretty unfortgettable 😀
Thanks so much for enjoying!
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Choc Chip Uru
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I love malted milkshakes! And of course, chocolate’s practically a health food now!
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I like the way you think my friend – I think it honestly should be considered as such 😀
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OK, now I need to get some Tim Tams!!!
What a wonderful milk shake…I knew you couldn’t go much longer without a chocolate post!!!! YUM.
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Hope you find them soon 😀
And you know me too well 😉 – thanks for enjoying my friend!
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Choc Chip Uru
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No, no … a thousand times no. You shall never bring me to the dark side.
… ok, maybe just once. 🙂
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Glad you saw things my way my freind 😉
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OMG, you are brilliant! This thick shake is truly amazing and not for the faint of heart. I’m sure we could handle it. 🙂 Looks amazing. Just toasted our first marshmallows of the season last weekend — have to try this out next time!
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Thanks very much my friend 😀
Definitely not for the faint of heart which I never even considered was you 😉
Congrats on the first toast – may you toast forever more!
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Choc Chip Uru
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that is one gorgeous and delicious milkshake…and now i’m thinking i need a blowtorch sometime soon
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Thank you very much my friend – and you bet (I had no idea how I was functioning without ;))
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Choc Chip Uru
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I haven’t been feeling so well lately…I think I need to find someone to make this for me! What a perfect sugar high! 😉
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My friend, I am mentally sending this shake to you – get better soon 😀
With a sugar high 😉
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Choc Chip Uru
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Mmmm, well if nothing else it’s a good mental boost! Thank you! 🙂
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My pleasure – and I know exactly what you mean my friend 😀
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Hi Uru! Your blog makes me happy and happily sugar-high! Love your thickshake! When you started to torch on marshmallow, I was 120% sure this thickshake is YUM!
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Awww thanks my friend, glad to help you out with your sugar needs 😀
This thickshake was delicious and I hope you can try it soon!
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Choc Chip Uru
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This looks really delicious and sinful! The weather’s been really hot here in Singapore these days, I need a shake like this!
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Thank you my friend – hope you can get one made pronto!
Me, I am freezing down under but still can’t resist making it 😉
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Choc Chip Uru
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Thank you for the award! It made my day 🙂
This looks delicious! I think I need to purchase a blowtorch now, how fun!
I though this post was to celebrate “may the 4th be with you” day. A little late, but still very awesome, I enjoyed this post 🙂
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My pleasure my friend 😀
And happy you enjoyed this recipe – a blowtorch is a must get 🙂
I also completely forgot about May the 4th day but glad this was only a couple of days off 😛
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oh my goodness, this shake looks sooooooo good. you have me craving a milkshake now in a big way – maybe i’ll make one for an afternoon treat! =)
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Thank you very much my friend 😀
My advice? Satisfy that sucker of a craving pronto 😉
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Choc Chip Uru
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Wow-that is quite the reation, both wordwise and chocolate!
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Thank you on both counts my friend 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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This is nothing short of a chocoholics dream! 🙂
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You got that right my friend 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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I love that you’re a fellow nerd! Lol and this shake looks so so amazing. I want it. And maybe some of those cookies on the side also, bc I’m pretty sure they’re delicious!
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Haha thank you so much 😀
And the dark side does have cookies right so we are all set 😉
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uhhh chyeaa
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Bring it on right? 😉
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These look so cute! I admire your effort to make a lot of these beauties, as I can imagine it was quite some work, but looks really worth it!
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Thank you my friend – it actually was not much effort at all – the only tiring parts were cutting the Tim Tams and trying to suck it out through a straw 😉
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haha omg I NEED a thickshake! That sounds like it will go straight to my butt and I don’t even care 🙂 Love love love everything about this!
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Haha butt or thighs not picky 😉
But yep worth it – thank you so much!
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I wish Tam Tams were readily available here. I think I am in love with them! My kids would flip if I made them shakes like that decadent beauty!!
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Aww I am sure you can find your true love in most specialty confectionery stores my friend!
Thanks so much – I hope you will flip too 🙂
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Choc Chip Uru
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Boy does that shake look GOOD!
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Too kind 😀
You bet it was!
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Behold the power of Tim Tam’s and Ovaltine ! hahahaha The not-so esteemed Darth Vader will surely love this deliciousness as I do ! 😀
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Haha definitely 😉
I would actually like to see old darthy try and drink this cool drink in his gear 😀
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Really tempting with that wonderful topping! I want some right away!
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Thank you my friend – wish I could give you some right now 😀
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The milk shake looks gorgeous and so unusual! I have already put Tim Tam biscuits on my shopping list in case I go one day to Australia. They look deliciously addictive!
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Thank you very much 😀
Smart idea because I promise you will be coming home with a suitcase,if not 2, full of them 🙂
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I commented earlier but looks like it didnt go through, so hope this works. I want this shake! Must try. Love star wars and this is so brilliant. So not only does the dark side have cookies, now they have a thick shake, too? So awesome. 🙂
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Sorry bout that stuff up – thanks for commenting again!
I am so happy you enjoyed this! It was the whole idea of the dark side having cookies which inspired the thickshake – what could possibly go better with cookies right? 🙂
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hahaha! Annie @ An Unrefined Vegan referred me to your post and I’m so glad she did! LOVE IT! May the 4th be with you! And I am SO going to make a vegan version of this shake!
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That was so sweet of her and thank you for visiting 😀
Love the May The 4th 😉
Hope you make an amazing vegan version and I look forward to seeing it – surely you are also in the Vegan Blog Hop no?
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Choc Chip Uru
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I love it! I’d immediately order one if I saw it on a menu! 😛
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That is so sweet and good to know 😀
Thank you!
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Oh girl what are u doing to me with this drink? this is match made in heaven! Thank you for sharing and congrats on the award!
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Haha just trying to convert you to the dark side 😉
Glad you enjoyed it so 😀
And thank you!
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We used to gorge on Tim-Tams in Singapore too! Especially the dark chocolate ones….NOMNOM! And thick shakes are the best, I’m not into thin watery shakes…if it’s too thick, I dunk a spoon in and all is right with the world! 😀
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OH MY GOSH, dark chocolate Tim Tams rock my socks 😀
All is right with the world for sure when a thickshake is so thick you need a spoon – totally second that 🙂
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While I am snobbish about Ovaltine (MILO WINS FOREVER), thsi looks incredible! Must have!
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Mmmm, Milo – beats ovaltine for sure 😀 – I will definitely use that next time (have you seen my Milo milkshake??)
Still glad you loved this my friend! 🙂
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Choc Chip Uru
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Awesome. I was watching the Family Guy parody of Empire Strikes Back while reading your post!
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Haha totally appropriate 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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Excuse me while I wipe the drool off my face…this looks just incredible!
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You are definitely excused my friend 😉
Thanks!
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I want one! Thats some good thick shake right there! Love the star wars reference! So funny and so true! 🙂 i think darth vader would lure more people to the dark side if he had these thick shakes! Lol.
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So it did go through just as spam 😛
Sorry about that my friend!
But I agree – he should stop lifting people up and choking them and cajole them with thickshakes 🙂
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What a fun and fabulous thickshake. When I was younger and could eat packets of tim tams in a single sitting without gaining an ounce or even beginning to feel ill, we’d come up with all sorts of crazy things to do with them like microwave them and put them in hot drinks and sandwich them together with ice cream – there are never too many ways to enjoy a tim tam xx
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Thank you my friend 😀
And while I have been banned from ever doing your Tim Tam packet adventures (mum :P) I certainly have polished off quite a few in hot fudge sundaes, sandwiches and more – we are so Tim Tam alike 🙂
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Holy crap! MUST TRY!!!
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Someone is very eager – good for you 😀
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Choc Chip Uru
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I love Tim-Tams. We used to get them when we lived in Jerusalem, but alas, I have not found them here in Virginia. Now I know where they come from. My kids used to dunk them in hot tea. Thanks for bringing up yummy memories.
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I am sure you will find them again my friend, possibly in international confectionery stores! Persevere for them 😉
Dunking them in hot tea or hot chocolate is actually the basis of the Tim Tam Slam – awesome memories indeed 😀
Glad I got you reminiscing!
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LOL My sons are Star Wars fans too. I do enjoy a thick shake – the thicker the better! 🙂
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Good on them 😀
And you are a shake drinker just like me 🙂
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Oh my ! How could anyone resist this 🙂 Looks gorgeous too
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Too kind my friend, I hope no one can 😀
Thank you!
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Great allusions to the Dark Side and chocolate! Tim Tam? I wonder if that is sort of like a Butterfinger?
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Thank you my friend 😀
Um, no not really – this has a luscious chocolate coating biscuit with a creamy chocolate mousse almost filling. Though a peanut butter version of this beauty is certainly desired! 🙂
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Wowza that’s one hell of a shake! 🙂
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You bet it is 😀
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Milkshakes are like the ultimate comfort food for me! It’s where the bulk of my ice cream ended up while I was writing recipes for my book. 😉
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Same for me 😀
Studying exams? Down ’em in the blink of an eye 😛
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Wow, now this is a some shake you’ve got going on here. It is okay to use a spoon right, for some of elderly ladies, LOL. Delicious.
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Haha thank you so much 😀
And spoons apply to every living being on the planet, I assure you 😉
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That sounds like the most delicious and decadent shake ever! I don’t know Tim Tams either but they look a bit like our Penguins. They would work I think.
All the best to you, my friend
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It actually is the most decadent shake I have ever made 😀
A penguin biscuit? I must try it 😀 And really any good solid chocolate biscuit should work 🙂
Have a fabulous weekend my friend!
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Penguins are solid chocolate biscuit in two layers with chocolate cream in between! They should work well. Enjoy your day! 🙂
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They sound like they most certainly will – I am off to check them out on the net 😀
Yum! Have a wonderful day my friend 🙂
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Whoa, that’s one helluva shake! I can almost feel the cavities coming on just looking at it, but BOY would they be worth it! 😉 Thanks for sharing.
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Haha believe me, most cavities are worth it 😀
I am glad you enjoyed this my friend!
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My son has a tshirt with Darth Vader on it. It says, “Come to the Dark Side. (we have cookies)”
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Looks like you can add thickshake to that as well 😉
That was my inspiration 😀
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Oh my deliciousness! This looks divine!
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Too sweet – I am very happy you enjoyed it 😀
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That was cleverly written and concocted, Choc ChipUru!
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Thank you very much my friend 😀
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You are cruel – so very cruel! I’d insert a Star Wars quote here, but the last time I saw it was when it was released – yeah, I’m THAT old! What a glorious concoction!
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Awww am I? Probably considering I am on the dark side already 😉
Thank you for enjoying my friend! And that old? As if – I am so jealous you got to see it cinemas – that is so cool!
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That is definitely one good looking shake! YUM!
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Thanks so much my friend 😀
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Thickshake? Love it! Especially if it’s filled with chocolate …
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I know right? We are thickshake soul mates 😛
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LOL I am on the dark side too!!! The shake is just the way I love thick, rich creamy and with a tone of chocolate!! 🙂
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Yay for another dark side supporter 😀
You described this shake to the T for sure my friend! Thanks for enjoying!
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Incredible! Over the top indulgence!! Even though I’m gluten-free, I’ve tried the delicious Tim Tams. When I worked in a Career Center at a local University, a rep that came from another University in Australia, would bring boxes and boxes of Tim Tams to give to us. They are insanely tasty and it makes me want to create a gluten-free version right now!! 🙂
xox
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You have the hit the nail on the head – over the top indulgence for sure 😀
I bet this rep was the most popular visitor ever 😉
A gluten free version? YES 😀 – awesome idea!
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Hilarious post. I actually learned of the fabled Tim Tam from a friend from the Netherlands, he loves them also. Your thick shake looks delicious!
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Haha, thank you – I love that ‘the fabled Tim Tam’ – hope it doesn’t stay a myth forever with you and you get to try it soon 😀
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WHAT are Tim Tams?! YOU, my friend, are so out there, so out of this world, I’m always in stitches reading your posts! Definitely to die for – you and your recipes!
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Haha I am glad to have introduced them to you my friend and thank you for some much enjoying? To die for? Hmm, maybe to ‘come to the dark side’ for 😀
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You know that if I liked chocolate I’d be all over that thickshake, right? 🙂 That being said, I saw the original Star Wars movie in the theater 28 times. Yeah, I was a nerd and a fan. A HUGE fan.
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Haha, I guessed that 😀
And you are not kidding? 28 times is probably a Guiness World Record – good on ya my friend!
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Would you believe me if I said I didn’t really like chocolate? I know, I’m crazy. But that milkshake looks amazing!
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My dear friend, maybe this milkshake will convert you to the dark *chocolate* side 😉
Thanks for enjoying anyway though, too sweet!
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Very nice post again, Uru..i think we get Tim Tam in World Foods Market, any which way, I need to get me some to make your thick shake- a wonderful combination indeed and who doesn’t love ovaltine?! BTW, my little guy will be an instant fan of this, with your glorious Star Wars intro.
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Thank you my friend 😀
I am glad you have steady access to this amazing biscuit – I promise if or if not using them in a thickshake, they will become addictive 😉
Aww I can imagine a little baby boy sipping a huge glass with a star wars bib… awwww
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Tam Tams are new to me! And I love the term, “thick shake”. And anything with a Star Wars theme is great in my book. Really fun post (as usual!). Thanks.
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Thanks for enjoying my friend 😀
So glad I could introduce the wonders of Tim Tams to you!
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Haha. Make this shake, I will.
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Lols I bow down to your choice Yoda… I mean Julie 😀
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Now that is one mighty fine shake!
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Thank you – your description makes it sound regal my friend 😀
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Yes, do have a Tim Tam giveaway – that looks wonderful.
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Maybe for my 1 year blogiversary this year – they truly are 😀
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Oh. Wow. This looks and sounds amazing. How can you go wrong with a shake so decadent you need a spoon to eat it 🙂
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Haha I like your logic my friend 😀
Thanks for enjoying!
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Seriously need to find me some of those Tim Tams biscuits now!
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I hope you succeed – though try not to eat the whole packet when you do 😉
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I love, love, love the star wars references. Thx for sharing the Tim Tam (since I didn’t know what they were) and for passing these awards to me … Thx, CCU 🙂
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Haha nice to see another Star Wars lover 😀
It was my pleasure to introduce the wonders of Tim Tam and yoou deserve the awards my friend!
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This is a truly dangerous post, the warning about it not being for the faint of heart should have been in the title or at least the first few lines, now that I have read the whole post there is really no turning back!dark side here I come
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Haha, oops, my bad, totally not my intention to bring you to the dark side (lies! dark side remember? ;))
Welcome my friend!
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Reading this post was a great way to start my day! Yumm. I think I’ve seen Tim Tams around here somewhere in the eastern states…Might have to pay more attention. I never knew what was in them but they sound good! And you’ve brought it to my attention that I don’t make enough milkshakes…
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Haha good to know my friend – these biscuits deserve to be lavished with attention, especially in thickshakes. Which dr was it who said one thickshake a day keeps the doctor away? 😉
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Found your yummy site through Maureen. I love how young you are but yet such a great baker. Keep up the great work.
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Thank you very much for such kind and supportive comments – much appreciated my friend 😀
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I have seen Tim Tams in a local store that I shop at, so this would be a fun way to introduce them to my girls! Love it.
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Thanks 😀
I am glad you have a steady source of these beauties!
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Any post that references Star Wars that much has to be fantastic!
And thanks for the link to my blog. I really appreciate it!
Have a good day, and yes – I think a Tim Tam giveaway is an excellent idea.
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Haha I like the way you think my friend 😀
And it was a pleasure!
Looks like I have one taker – maybe for my first blogiversary? Who knows 😉
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Holy cow! That is one thick and rich shake. My kids would be in heaven with this. And I loved the Star Wars’ references – very clever! 😉
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Haha it most certainly is 😀 – I think all kids and adults alike with chocolate taste would enjoy this!
Glad you enjoyed them my friend – a very epic movie 🙂
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You are hilarious as well as a naughty chocolate fiend! You and the dark side and a match for sure!! have fun.. c
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Yep, chocolate fiend, caught out right here 😉
Thank you for enjoying my friend 😀
And we are aren’t we? 🙂
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What a treat. I’m afraid that shake will take many to the dark side. I hope you have a good day. Blessings…Mary
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Haha thank you my friend – the dark side welcomes all 😉
Have a wonderful day!
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Chocolate, chocolate, and MORE chocolate… YES please!
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YAY for chocolate 😀
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I would happily go to the dark side for this 😉
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My question is who wouldn’t? 😉
Thanks!
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Congratulations on your awards, CCU. Chocolate with malt is my favorite kind of chocolate — I never order a chocolate shake when I can have a chocolate malt.
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Thank you 😀
You sound like my best friend ever – why have a normal shake when there is malt available 😉
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Star Wars and neither shakes are my kind but that does not mean I don’t admire this beautiful and chocolaty shake you have made. Will certainly recommend to my friends who will be high over heels over this shake bc they seem cannot have enough of anything with choc flavors.
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Thank you for appreciating it my friend 😀
I hope your friends enjoy its chocolatey goodness as much as I did!
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This is the 3rd or so post I’ve read about Tim Tams. I really want some, but I don’t think they sell them in the US.
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I am sure you can find them at specialty international stores – that is where I buy American confectionary 😀
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For making that milkshake you should be behind bars… chocolate bars 😉 OMG it looks soooo yummy!!
Thanks a lot for the award 🙂 I am honored
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Haha you can put me behind chocolate bars anyday (though replacing them often will be necessary ;))
Thanks for enjoying!
And you more than deserve it!
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Am a big Star Wars fan myself though for me Luke Skywalker will always be Mark Hamill 😉 But this shake, more like a lava lake complete with all those rocks (:-)) on top looks impossible to resist. What a fantastic tribute 🙂
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Haha good to know 😀
A lava lake? I like that a lot! Thank you so much for enjoying it!
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That is one crazy milkshake and I love it!
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As any crazy milkshake should be loved 😀
Thank you!
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I know of one store that carries Tim Tams and I always buy them when I go there. They are pretty tasty and the idea of a milk shake with those does sound pretty fabulous. Besides that who can resist this picture-yum! Another winner!
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Yay, you are a lucky one 😀
Glad you enjoyed this my friend, thank you!
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Those Tim Tam’s look delicious and that thickshake … irresistable. You sure know how to call a girl to the dark side;)
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I am a minion of the dark side, it is my job 😉
So glad you enjoyed my friend 😀
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I will forever use the work thickshake and think of you!!!! YUM!!!
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I consider that a huge compliment – thank you my friend 😀
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Tim Tams are worth it! I love yoda – my sms notification is ‘message from the dark side there is’ Have a super day 🙂
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Lols you rock my friend 😀
Glad you see life my way!
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Oh my goodness, how have I never tried Tim Tams. I am drooling just looking at that concoction!
Awesome post girl 🙂 Loved the Star Wars references!
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Haha I think you need to try at least one 😀
Thank you so much!
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What a mouthful to say and drink! This looks amazing, so much chocolate!
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It certainly is but totally worth it 😀
All that chocolate!
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Oh my… now this is what I call a decadent milkshake!! I would eat most of it with a spoon… I don’t think my straw-sucking abilities are that stellar. LOL! Well done!! PS… I loved the Star Wars storyline… too funny. 🙂
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Haha a spoon should work just fine my friend 😀
Glad you enjoyed both post and dessert… I mean drink!
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Guess what? Tim Tams have made their way to the states! We even have them in Kansas-the middle of nowhere! I haven’t yet purchased them but can’t wait to try them and do the “Tim Tam Slam.” This thickshake is off the chain, girl–I love how you took something great and kept adding things to just go completely over the top with it. My kind of girl. 🙂
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Woohoo, I am so happy for you 😀
They should be the international cookie no doubt! Aaah the Tim Tam Slam… memories 😉
Thanks for enjoying the thickshake – over the top is how everyone should roll 😉
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Choc Chip Uru
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This is a madness in calories – drink or eat this .. then die happy! *smile
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I suppose it kind of it 😀
But nothing wrong with dying happy 😉
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oh man, I’m slowly slipping to the dark side of thickshakes….nice!
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Joining the dark side certainly has benefits 😉
Thanks!
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Not sure if that’s a milkshake, smoothie, mousse? Irresistible. If you like Star Wars check this out.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2140638/Nick-McKaig-mimics-ENTIRE-Star-Wars-theme-just-voice.html
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Mm sounds like a most delicious shake! I especially like the part about having trouble getting it up the straw… Those kinds are always the best! I don’t know Tim tams here, but they look yummy!
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Thank you it definitely was 😀
I am sure you can find TimTams at specialty stores – they are the best!
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Haha kind of a mixture of all 3 😀
Thanks for enjoying and off to check out the article – thanks for the tip!
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