These are my delicious Tim Tam Balls - super easy condensed milk truffles made with Tim Tam biscuits. With milk, white and dark variations plus mix-ins as well!
Tim Tam Balls - Australia's favourite chocolate biscuit made into truffles! You have been warned - these are dangerously easy! With milk chocolate, white chocolate and dark chocolate variations there is bound to be a ball or truffle to suit everyone.
These little balls have just 3 ingredients each, plus optional mix-ins. All you have to do is crush your biscuits, add in any mix-ins then condensed milk. Roll them into balls then roll them in coconut and you're done! Like I said before - dangerously easy!
These Tim Tam balls are going to be one of the components of my new post coming out next week - my Top 10 Tips For The Perfect Sweet Platter - great for no-fuss entertaining! So stay tuned for that!
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Ingredients you will need for this recipe
These are the ingredients you will need to make all three flavours of Tim Tam Balls. Choose your favourite, or make all three!
*Please see the recipe card below for exact quantities and detailed instructions
How to make Tim Tam balls
- Place the biscuits in a food processor, and process until fine crumbs.
- Add the mix-ins. Milo for the milk chocolate version, then a quick process to incorporate.
- Glace cherries for the dark chocolate version, then process to chop cherries.
- Dried cranberries for the white chocolate version, then process to chop cranberries.
- Add the condensed milk (a small amount at first).
- Process until the mixture comes together enough to be rolled into balls.
- Roll mixture into balls, then roll in coconut and refrigerate.
What are Tim Tams
Tim Tams are an Australian biscuit made by Arnott's that consists of two rectangle-shaped biscuits or cookies sandwiched together by a cream filling then covered in chocolate. The original version has a chocolate cream filling that is then covered in milk chocolate.
These days they come in many different variations - including white or dark chocolate as well as many different filling flavours.
This is a photo of the white chocolate truffles with the added dried cranberries.
My top tips for making this recipe
- A packet of traditional milk chocolate Tim Tams is 200g with 11 biscuits. Dark ones are the same. BUT white chocolate packs are only 165g with 9 biscuits in each pack. I bought 3 packs of white chocolate Tim Tams to get to the 400g for the recipe. You could use just 2 packs and adjust the condensed milk and dried cranberries accordingly.
- Add the condensed milk to the crushed biscuits gradually. This is important to get the right consistency for your truffles. You want to add enough so that the mixture isn't too dry (or it won't be able to roll it into balls without it breaking apart) but not too much or the mixture will be too soft and your balls won't keep their shape very well.
- The mix-ins can change the consistency of the mixture as well. The glace cherries are coated in a sugar syrup, which also adds additional moisture to the mix - so I found the dark chocolate variation needed the least amount of condensed milk added.
- I suggest working quickly when forming the balls and rolling them in the coconut as soon as they are mixed. The mixture will get drier the longer it is left, plus the coconut won't stick to the outside of the balls if they are dry.
- If you get interrupted (like me) during the rolling process and find the balls aren't forming properly, just reprocess the mixture with a little extra condensed milk. This should bring the mixture back together.
- I store them in the fridge (this way they hold their shape) but take them out about 10 minutes before serving them.
Other recipes for no-bake sweet treats
Lemon Slice with Blueberries - a tangy, no-bake (fridge) lemon slice with dried blueberries and a quick and simple white chocolate topping.
Ginger Slice - a super simple no-bake slice using ginger biscuits and dark chocolate.
Tim Tam Balls - Milk, White or Dark Plus Mix-Ins!
Ingredients
- 400 g Tim Tams 2 packs with 11 biscuits in each (see my notes)
- ¼ cup condensed milk plus more if needed
- ⅓ cup desiccated coconut
Milk Chocolate Balls with Milo
- 2 tablespoon milo malted milk powder
Dark Chocolate Balls with Cherry
- 150 g glace cherries
White Chocolate Balls with Cranberry
- 100 g dried cranberries
Instructions
- Add the Tim Tams (400g) to a food processor and process until fine crumbs.
- Add the mix-in of your choice (if using). Milo (2 tbsp) for the milk chocolate Tim Tams, glace cherries (150g) for the dark chocolate Tim Tams, dried cranberries (100g) for the white chocolate Tim Tams. Process until the mix-ins are chopped.
- Add the condensed milk (start with ¼ cup) and process until the mixture starts to come together, adding more condensed milk if required.
- Roll mixture into balls, then roll in coconut and refrigerate.
Notes
- A packet of traditional milk chocolate Tim Tams is 200g with 11 biscuits. Dark ones are the same. BUT white chocolate packs are only 165g with 9 biscuits in each pack. I bought 3 packs of white chocolate Tim Tams to get to the 400g for the recipe. You could use just 2 packs and adjust the condensed milk and dried cranberries accordingly.
- Add the condensed milk to the crushed biscuits gradually. This is important to get the right consistency for your truffles. You want to add enough so that the mixture isn't too dry (or it won't be able to roll it into balls without it breaking apart) but not too much or the mixture will be too soft and your balls won't keep their shape very well.
- The mix-ins can change the consistency of the mixture as well. The glace cherries are coated in a sugar syrup, which also adds additional moisture to the mix - so I found the dark chocolate variation needed the least amount of condensed milk added.
- I suggest working quickly when forming the balls and rolling them in the coconut as soon as they are mixed. The mixture will get drier the longer it is left, plus the coconut won't stick to the outside of the balls if they are dry.
- If you get interrupted (like me) during the rolling process and find the balls aren't forming properly, just reprocess the mixture with a little extra condensed milk. This should bring the mixture back together.
- I store them in the fridge (this way they hold their shape) but take them out about 10 minutes before serving them.
- I have calculated the calories per ball using the base recipe of milk chocolate Tim Tam Balls with no mix-ins.
These were awesome, the white were my favourite. Thanks for the recipe.
You're most welcome, Andreas. I like the white ones too!