Substance made of nuts boiled in sugar, used to fill chocolates

Usage examples of praline.

Huit jours auparavant, il se serait fait fouetter et pendre pour des pralines et des amandes.

The creamy coffee and praline gateau Liberty chose for dessert was so light it fairly floated into her mouth, layers of mascarpone and coffee filling topped with shards of crunchy praline giving the cake a taste that was heavenly.

The sheer volume of foot traffic along the banquettes-marketwomen, flatboatmen from the nearby levee, children rolling hoops, ladies out for a stroll, sellers of everything from pralines to shoe pattens-precluded so much as a dropped cigar stub from remaining in the same place or state for more than ten minutes, much less the marks of some unspecified conflict, meeting, or event.

His mouth curled as he regarded her, lazed upon the steps, her bare feet and shins exposed, nibbling on her praline.

The Copelands had begun already to fantasize about distant foods, Drake drooling over ice cream of the rich premium variety, huge heaping goblets of rum raisin and pralines 'n' cream, the greater the butterfat content the better, Amanda lost in a chocolate truffle reverie, thin sculpted shells of creme fraiche and gin and Grand Marnier and liquid cherries and raspberry puree, imagined tastes the sweetest.

His repertoire of candies is remarkable: all manner of crystallized fruit, nougat, pralines, and a tooth-rotting wonder he calls divinity fudge.

Most amazing to Charmaine were the twelve different desserts: pecan (two), peach, sweet potato and pumpkin pies (three), praline cheesecake, rum-soaked bread pudding, a red velvet layer cake, fresh fruit salad, and rice pudding a la Falernum.

The sickeningly sweet smells of peanut brittle and pralines assailed them, and Hugo stumbled toward the door like a man who has narrowly survived a mugging.

Mademoiselle de Pralines asked, “Why is this cotton adrift in the harbor?

Jules was much more useful sitting in the forward cabin, giving advice through the open pressure hatch, and helping with the valves and switches—though after that kiss good-bye, Beau found himself wishing it was Emma de Pralines lending him a hand.

Emma de Pralines had been an impossible ideal twirling a white parasol, a walking emblem of Southern womanhood, all done up in satin ribbons—and likely trailing a dozen infatuated beaus, each able to buy and sell a stranded naval officer.

And a woman who needed Beau far more than Emma de Pralines ever could.

If they did not belong to the de Pralines, it was up to their masters to say so.

I’ve heard of New Orleans pralines all my life, so I got some today and now they’ve disappeared.

I've heard of New Orleans pralines all my life, so I got some today and now they've disappeared.