praline

noun

pra·​line ˈprä-ˌlēn  ˈprā-  ˈprȯ- 

: a confection of nuts and sugar: such as

a

: almonds cooked in boiling sugar until brown and crisp

b

: a patty of creamy brown sugar and pecan meats

Examples of praline in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In fact, one quick Google search will not yield a single traditional praline recipe with these ingredients, making these even more special and one-of-a-kind if added to an assortment tin. —Joey Skladany, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2025

Some favorites were a pumpkin pie parfait with maple-cinnamon granola and a coconut praline granola with cacao mylk. —Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Dec. 2025

The sale features homemade sugar, chocolate chip, praline, shortbread, peanut butter, cinnamon, cutouts and ginger cookies; plus cookie bars, stollen and fruit breads. —Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 28 Nov. 2025

The Thanksgiving meal kit serves six people for $200 and includes butternut squash soup, turkey with gravy, stuffing, roasted green beans and carrots, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and pumpkin praline cheesecake. —Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 21 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

French, from Count Plessis-Praslin †1675 French soldier

First Known Use

1714, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for praline

• beanie
• genie
• sweeney
• sweeny
• teeny
• acini
• aldine
• arsine
• carinii
• cosine
• delphine
• domine

Kids Definition

praline

noun

pra·​line ˈprä-ˌlēn  ˈprā- 

: a candy of nuts in boiled brown sugar or maple sugar