praline

American  

[prah-leen, prey-, prah-leen] / ˈprɑ lin, ˈpreɪ-, prɑˈlin /

noun

1. a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.

2. a cookie-size confection made especially of butter, brown sugar, and pecans: developed in New Orleans in the early 19th century.

3. a similar confection of nuts mixed or covered with chocolate, coconut, maple sugar or syrup, etc.

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praline British  

/ ˈprɑːliːn /

noun

1. a confection of nuts with caramelized sugar, used in desserts and as a filling for chocolates

2. Also called: sugared almond.  a sweet consisting of an almond encased in sugar

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Etymology

Origin of praline

1715–25; < French; named after Marshall César du Plessis- Praslin (1598–1675), whose cook invented them

Example Sentences

The mango passion fruit vanilla caramel plays so well with black sesame praline that you’ll wish you got a few, because one certainly isn’t enough.

From Salon

Made with all locally-sourced ingredients, their pralines are rich with cream and loaded with pecans and literally melt in your mouth.

From Salon

“My parents think I’m on my camping trip. Plus I love beignets and po’boys and gumbo and pralines. Not crawfish though. I can’t eat anything that has eyes.”

From Literature

Hers is a labor-intensive process, teasing out the dough, lathering on the praline filling, and then letting the cakes rest and rise for several hours.

From New York Times

Then Ella dragged Brigit to the Conjure Creole Creamery, where attendants pulled levers making decadent concretes and malted mischief milkshakes full of pralines and petit fours and pieces of pecan pie.

From Literature