praline

plural pralines

1. countableuncountableA confection made from almonds and other nuts, caramelized sugar, and sometimes milk or cream.

   And so it is with praline, that crunchy, sweet, nut brittle that marries so irresistibly with chocolate.

   2017 March 26, Nigel Slater, “Nigel Slater’s chocolate and praline recipes”, in The Guardian

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   A typical praline is roundish, about three inches in diameter and a half-inch thick. The taste is faintly regressive, reminiscent of the pleasure to be found in a peanut butter and jelly sandwich when one is ravenously hungry.

   1992 March 15, Frances Frank Marcus, “A Sweet Pleasure From New Orleans: The Praline”, in The New York Times, →ISSN