A praline is a sweet made with nuts cooked in boiling sugar until they are coated and crunchy — often almonds, pecans, or hazelnuts. In chocolate shops, the same word also covers a soft nut filling inside a chocolate, or a smooth ground-nut paste. It came into English from French, and it still feels a little fancy: you see it on dessert menus and chocolate boxes more than in everyday talk about snacks.

A praline is a sweet made with nuts cooked in boiling sugarpraline是用堅果放進滾燙的糖裡煮成的甜食 until they are coated and crunchy煮到裹上糖衣、變得酥脆 — often almonds, pecans, or hazelnuts常見的是杏仁、胡桃或榛果。In chocolate shops在巧克力店裡, the same word also covers a soft nut filling inside a chocolate同一個字也可以指巧克力裡面軟軟的堅果內餡, or a smooth ground-nut paste或是滑順的堅果醬。It came into English from French這個字從法文進入英文, and it still feels a little fancy現在聽起來還是有點高級: you see it on dessert menus and chocolate boxes常出現在甜點菜單和巧克力盒上 more than in everyday talk about snacks比在日常聊零食時常見得多。

Though actually, the picture in people’s heads is not one thing. In the American South a praline is often a round brown-sugar pecan candy; in Europe it may be the chocolate with a nut centre. Same family of sweets, slightly different shapes.

Though actually, the picture in people's heads is not one thing不過其實大家腦中的畫面並不一致。In the American South a praline is often a round brown-sugar pecan candy在美國南方，praline通常是圓形的黑糖胡桃糖; in Europe it may be the chocolate with a nut centre在歐洲則可能是有堅果內餡的巧克力。Same family of sweets, slightly different shapes同一個甜食家族，只是形狀稍有不同。