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American pralines cooling on a marble slab. Unlike European pralines, American pralines are made with cream. Pralines (US: / ˈ p r eɪ l iː n /; New Orleans, Cajun, and UK: / ˈ p r ɑː l iː n /) are confections containing nuts – usually almonds, pecans and hazelnuts – and sugar. Cream is a common third ingredient. There are two main types:
Candied almonds or Praline are nuts (usually almonds) of French origin, that have been cooked in a special way, so they end up coated in browned, crunchy sugar. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Candied almonds are cooked by heating brown sugar or white sugar , cinnamon and water in a pan then dipping the almonds in the sugar mixture.
Praline shop in Brussels. Such luxury shops typically also sell chocolate truffles.. A praline (/ ˈ p r ɑː l iː n / PRAH-leen), also known as Belgian chocolate, Belgian chocolate fondant or chocolate bonbon, is a case of chocolate (if from Belgium usually a quality, branded lower-melting point Belgian chocolate) filled with a soft centre.
Praline can refer to Praline (nut confection) , a caramelised sugar heated to 160°C and combined with a roasted nut combination. Commonly made with sugar, corn syrup, milk, butter, and nut halves.
A chocolate truffle is a French chocolate confectionery [1] traditionally made with a chocolate ganache centre and coated in cocoa powder, coconut, or chopped nuts. A chocolate truffle is handrolled into a spherical or ball shape. [2] The name derives from the chocolate truffle's similarity in appearance to truffles, a tuber fungus. [2]
A Planters Peanut Bar. Some candy bars do not contain any chocolate. A candy bar is a type of portable candy that is in the shape of a bar. The most common type of candy bar is the chocolate bar, [citation needed] including both bars made of solid chocolate and combination candy bars, which are candy bars that combine chocolate with other ingredients, such as nuts, caramel, nougat, or wafers.
In many varieties of English, chocolate bar refers to any confectionery bar that contains chocolate. In some dialects of American English, only bars of solid chocolate are described as chocolate bars, with the phrase candy bar used as a broader term encompassing bars of solid chocolate, bars combining chocolate with other ingredients, and bars containing no chocolate at all.
The Chunky candy bar was introduced in the late 1930s by New York City candy maker Philip Silvershein, at the time made with milk chocolate, raisins, cashews and Brazil nuts. Silvershein, a friend of William Wrigley Jr., distributed the bar via the Wrigley Gum Company.