: 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
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Flavors range from traditional — marzipan, almond praline, hazelnut dark — to more adventurous — pinot noir, blood peach yuzu, carmel marshmallow.
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Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024
In Greenwood, South Carolina, a couple hosted a dinner party last week featuring cicadas prepared in various fashions: in a blanket, bacon-wrapped, cajun fried, and praline.
—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
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Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2024
In Greenwood, South Carolina, a couple hosted a dinner party last week featuring cicadas prepared in various fashions: in a blanket, bacon-wrapped, cajun fried, and praline.
—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
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“Praline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/praline. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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