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AJ

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It never fails...as the weather gets cooler, I go into mega munchie mode.

So last time I was at the grocery store, these Tim Tams caught my eye at the end of the aisle and I remembered the Aussie members saying that they loved these. (Pic #1) They are so GOOD! Like a slightly chewier version of a Kit Kat. However there's only 9 to a package and 95 calories each! ACK!! I'm trying to be good and eat only half a piece a day.

2) On the same grocery trip, I came across these savory babies! Leaves a lovely tangy flavor that lingers and begs you for more. My resolve is not as strong with these chips as with the Tim Tams as I have less of a sweet tooth and more of a salty tongue. Which also explains why the chip bag is mangled and the cookie bag is still nice and neat. Hee-hee!!

So, over to you...have you discovered a new treat? Do share and if I try it and get addicted, I will have someone to blame. : )

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catgirl

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We are ADDICTED to the Carolina BBQ chips! I ate them all summer while drinking the Mike's Hard Mango drinks - kept me alive during rainy camping trips. They are somehow sweet, spicy and tangy all at once. EVIL, I tell you.

The one issue is that they are outrageously expensive here, as are all chips, something like $6 per bag unless you get them on sale. Otherwise, I'd be having a triple bypass right about now...

AJ

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$6 a bag! I paid $2.28. I thought they were reasonably priced especially since they had all natural ingredients and no MSG. Now I really feel like they are a good deal! Oh-oh, this is not helping...

catgirl

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I am suddenly starving...

Sally

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I dont have a sweet tooth and I dont eat potato chips as a rule. But I am seriously addicted to cheese and crackers.....Harvarti cheese on small olive oil and sea salt crackers. Or blue vein cheese or brie.. I have to really watch myself as I have a slight dairy and wheat intolerance.

AJ

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Oh cheese and crackers are also a yummy treat that I enjoy! I'll have to scour the fancy cracker aisle for olive oil and sea salt ones.

I luv baked brie on a crackers or crusty bread with some fruit jam on top. YUM!

Megan

Tim Tams are good- use them like a straw- bite off the ends and suck coffee/hot chocolate up through the biscuit- it's amazing.

I like the dark chocolate ones best

Kyrania

GOSH...I have loved cheese my whole life but when I moved to Switzerland I realized the TRUE power of cheese! Racclette and homemade fondue....OMGODDESS....I put on 28 pounds when I moved here...I lost it all after my binge eating....

Then I discovered CHOCOLATE! I was one of those girls who NEVER liked chocolate....couldn't relate to the bonbon, boxed chocolate eating chicks...but HERE...in the land of CHOCOLATE....heaven help me! PLUS I have type one diabetes...well, I tried and now it is all over...although I now LOVE chocolate, too!

rute

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eh eh Kyrania you made me laugh.. recclette and chocolate.. Switzerland must be paradise!

Kyrania

OH rute...you have no idea! I was sooo obsessed with it that my husband and i picked up two bags of fondue cheese enough for eight people...we SPLIT it...ate the WHOLE darn pot! II did use veggies instead of bread...I do not eat bread not that it mattered!

With the racclette we are two kilos between the two of us! I started telling people and my husband said "DON"T tell people we ate THAT much!" and I asked why...he said because it is enough for eight people! No wonder I felt sick! but I was told that you eat it until you cannot eat another bite! OMGODDESS..and his mom! She was always trying to stuff us! she'd have like two and half to three kilos of cheese!!!!

It IS paradise and fortunately I can stop at three pieces of racclette now!

Egads...*oink*....excuse me! ^__~

Lisa

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I have no will power with any soft cookie, especially Mrs. Field's white chocolate chunk macadamia nut cookies. I also have to stay away from Reeses peanut butter cups. And when I can get my hands on it, anything from Sprüngli is fab although Lindt is most common in the US and those I can resist. I have a bigger sweet than salty tooth.

celia

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I'm addicted to chocolate. There is nothing that goes better with snow and a book than a chocolate.
I especially like toblerone and the belgian chocolate guyliams.
I'm glad I'm not the only 'muncher' here

Barbara

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Kyrania, three things I MUST have when in Switzerland: ANY kind of cheese, ANY Swiss chocolate and those cute little Swiss Army classic knives in funky colors. Only the knives are fat-free. But I walk everywhere, so everything balances out!

AJ, Those potato chips sound wonderful! I live in North Carolina and have never seen them here. Which is a good thing, because I would be tempted to eat the whole bag!

Kyrania

Oh Barbara...that's so funny! I must admit that even the less expensive cheeses and chocolate taste incredible! It is the high Swiss standards when it comes to food and well, just about everything else..that's what the people tell me anyway! ^__~

AJ

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Megan - I got the caramel center Tim Tams so I don't think I'll be able to try the straw idea this time. So now I have an excuse to try the other one. : )

Kyrania - I visited my aunt in Switzerland years ago and she served us the most amazing cheese fondue! I don't remember what kind but it had a slight alcohol taste to it....red wine? It was so long ago. I also tasted Swiss chocolate for the first time. So SWOON worthy!! She sent us home with bags full of chocolate. I gave most of it out right away, afraid I would eat it all. : )

Lisa - My freshman year of college, I worked at a Mrs. Field's cookies in the mall...right across from Taco Bell. I would work the morning shift, which meant I had to make the muffins and start the first batch of cookies. So that was my breakfast and Taco Bell was my lunch....I gained 14 pounds right away. Yikes!

The white chocolate macadamia nut cookies are scrumptious! I remember as I was making the dough and watching the huge mixer stir the ingredients around, I would plop white chocolate and macadamia pieces in my mouth. Ahhhh, so good with a Coke! So very hard not to nibble my way through my shift. Maybe that's why I don't have such a sweet tooth now.

Reeses Peanut Butter cups and M&M's are a staple in our pantry. Luckily, I've taught my kids not to shove candy in their mouths every chance they get and we enjoy it on certain nights as a treat.

Celia - Currently when it's cold, I crave Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte. YUM! I haven't tried guyliams. My aunt loves Toblerone.

Barbara - We're Swiss army knife collectors too!

cloud9

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must. try. tim. tams. I never heard of them before. Pepperidge Farm is one of my weaknesses.

Marley

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I just discovered Trader Joes Milk Chocolate Salted Caramel Butter Cookies - and I can't get enough of them! I mean - what could be better? Chocolate, Salt, Caramel, and Butter? Oooh - I'm going to eat one right now!

taylor

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I am addicted to all things salty and crunchy...and whatever Marley is currently munching on is going on my TJ list this week:)

Angie

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Do any of you like GIANT kit kats - the ones from Canada or England? I love those. Hooked on Maynards wine gums and of course - cheetos.

taylor

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Cheetos are good!! I love the crunch...the orange fingers..... mmmm.

catgirl

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I instructed DH not to come home without those Carolina chips tonight.

Katiepea

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Mmmmmmmmm Tim-Taaaaaaaammmmmms. I just love 'em with a glass of milk. Do they stock Mint Slice as well? That's my other favourite - if you like peppermint flavour, you MUST try it! http://www.arnotts.com.au/our-.....slice.aspx

(Not that I'm trying to encourage your addiction mind... ;-() )

Megan

My favourites are Chocolate Buttersnaps Katiepea......such a yummy sweet treat

londonkiwi (now back in NZ)

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Are you eating the Tim Tams in your Jim Jams (PJs) - AJ?

Angie - I love those giant Kit Kats!

I have just been lucky enough to visit Rome on a short break - what is it about gelato that even after scoffing a huge one that 2 minutes later you could eat another one?

Theresa

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ooooh I'm so glad you got to try our Tim Tams AJ!!! (You guys have different packaging which I found quite good to see so thanks for the pic!!).

I'm having a bit of a thing for Salt & Vinegar potato crisps/chips at the moment. I have to increase my salt intake to help my LOW blood pressure, and these have been my favourite way of doing it LOL.

If anyone wants to try Tim Tams, let me know - I'd be happy to send you some!!!

Sally

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Low blood pressure ! and you get to eat potato chips. I got told I had high cholesterol but I dont eat much salt or oil. so I suppose I should watch my snack consumption.

anne

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Oh Katipea - I love mint slices! There my favourite of all packaged biscuits (almost the only ones I do like)

Don't much like the normal TimTams but have enjoyed the whitechoc versions and plan to try the dark ones (because I like white and dark chocolate, but not milk)

Barbara

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Angie, aren't those giant Kit Kats made by Cadbury? If so, that explains why I have to force myself to NOT eat the entire thing. The chocolate is SO creamy!

I was addicted to Katjes Yogurt Gummies (all natural fruit flavors) when I lived in Germany. Thank goodness I can order them from germandeli.com!

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

High five Taylor and Fi!

Barbara, yes! But the US version of the BIG kit kat is not so fab. It must be Canadian, South African or British. They make the *best* Cadburys chocolate. Better than the Australian Cadburys - sorry Auzzie YLF'ers :(. I take my Cadburys very seriously.

Laura

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Speaking of chocolate, does anyone else here love Spanish drinking chocolate? I'm talking about the thick, dark chocolate drink, not Swiss Miss Instant Cocoa

The supplier of my chocolate drug of choice (Zingerman's deli in Ann Arbor, Mich.) can't get my favorite Spanish brand into the country any more and I literally do not know how I am going to survive winter! If anyone knows where to order it in the US, please please please let me know!

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