praline

[ prah-leen, prey-, prah-leen ]

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.

praline

/ ˈprɑːliːn /

noun

1. a confection of nuts with caramelized sugar, used in desserts and as a filling for chocolates
2. Also calledsugared almond a sweet consisting of an almond encased in sugar

Word History and Origins

Origin of praline¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of praline¹

C18: from French, named after César de Choiseul, comte de Plessis- Praslin (1598–1675), French field marshal whose chef first concocted it

Example Sentences

Her love of all things chocolate goes all the way back to her childhood, when she’d build ladders out of kitchen chairs to get at her mother’s hidden chocolate stash and spend her pocket money on imported praline eggs and salted caramel bars.

From Time

Spoiler: you may think twice before getting another Grande Chestnut Praline Latte.

From The Daily Beast

Elodie went into realistic details of the wreck of the gold stopping on the praline stuffing of a chocolate.

From Project Gutenberg

Pistache Ice Cream Praline, molded in a ring, the center filled with whipped cream.

From Project Gutenberg

If making coffee pralin, add three tablespoonfuls of praline powder (see below).

From Project Gutenberg

If making chocolate pralin, add three tablespoonfuls of praline powder; stir in lightly a pint of cream whipped to a stiff froth.

From Project Gutenberg

Keep the praline powder in a close preserve jar ready for use.

From Project Gutenberg