Booze Biscuits On Sale Now!

[matcom]

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ALCOHOL-flavoured chocolate biscuits have gone on sale, sparking an outcry that the snacks could lure children to alcoholic tastes.

Packets of the booze-tinged biscuits – Tim Tam Tia Maria and Kahlua Slice – have just hit the shelves of some Melbourne supermarkets.

Australian Drug Foundation spokesman Geoff Munro described the new flavours as appalling and said biscuit giant Arnott's was spiking family favourite biscuits.

"It normalises the taste of alcohol for young people," Mr Munro said. But Arnott's said the target market were women aged 25 to 40, not children.

The new flavours mark Arnott's latest bid to grab a bigger bite of the $160 million chocolate biscuit market.

The biscuits are 99.9 per cent alcohol-free, but are laced with the flavour of the popular coffee liqueurs.

http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8579695%255E13762,00.html

[Loonman]

1. Geez, don't they drink enough down there?

I've been to Australia. People think Americans are heavy drinkers......not so.

[GOPisEvil]

2. Chocolate-covered, liquer-filled cherries anyone?

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Not like this is the newest concept under the sun.