Last chance to get your hands on Hugh Jackman's Tim Tams....
Now, don't get all flustered. Let us clarify. Tim Tams are the favorite cookie of the hunky Australian actor, who cleverly hawked them, and his movie, "Australia," last fall. Pepperidge Farm agreed to make the chocolate treats exclusively for Target, but only through March.
A Tim Tam, according to Wikipedia: "Two layers of chocolate malted biscuit, separated by a light chocolate cream filling, and coated in a thin layer of textured chocolate." Sounds kind of like an all-chocolate Kit Kat, which can only be good.
Now comes word that there is a single case of Tim Tams left, autographed by Jackman and up for auction on eBay. Bidding (which hovered today around $237) ends Thursday.
The whole promotion is a bit silly, but people's love for Tim Tams apparently isn't. Here's singer Natalie Imbruglia demonstrating how to do a Tim Tam Slam (biting off the ends to make an edible straw).
All this got us thinking about people's candy bar loyalties.
We don't need Jackman to get us all excited about candy bars. Our recent favorite (and believe us, we discuss these things) is the Take Five bar -- chocolate, pretzels, peanut butter, caramel. Don't know how this has escaped our radar for so long, but it's scarily good.
As candy bars go, what's your fave?
Sun-Times Food editor Janet Rausa Fuller is always thinking about her next meal.
Take 5 rocks but I'm kind of old school
My faves are:
100 Grand (which was $100,000 bar when I was young)
Lion Bar (UK)
Reese's
Mounds and Almond Joy
Kit Kat
Who am I kidding, if there is chocolate, I'll eat it.