Last updated on December 5th, 2023
Whether you’re looking to share these Southern delights as a gift or to satisfy your sweet tooth, making homemade praline candy is a rewarding and delicious experience that’s sure to impress your friends and family.
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I tried my first praline candy as a kid during a visit to New Orleans. I remember the initial bite as being an explosion of creamy and sweet tamed only by a smattering of crunchy pecans. If you have a sweet tooth, these creamy pecan pralines are definitely going to be right up your alley.
Table of Contents hide What are pralines?
Here in the Southern United States, pralines (also known as pecan candy if you’re from Louisiana) are a creamy sweet candy made from melted sugar, cream and pecans. Stroll through the French Quarter in New Orleans and you’ll have no problem finding one.
Given Louisiana’s French roots, it’s no surprise that the candy got its start in Europe. The word praline in Europe describes “a cooked mixture of sugar, nuts, and vanilla, often ground to a paste for use as a pastry or candy filling.” Most of the origin stories revolve around 17th-century French diplomat Cesar du Plessis Praslin. The name Praslin would later transform into the word used
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