The caramel praline cups, pineapple butter creams and curacao orange liqueur truffles are designed to lure even the most reluctant sweet-toothed visitor.

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Innovatively flavoured chocolates sit alongside the classics, all with evocative names: try the Friendship (almond praline), Amour (nougat centre) and Audacity (quince jelly).

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She was pure New Orleans, serving our dorm floor King Cake in March, making pots of gumbo at midnight, doling out nuggets of her grandmother's sugary praline.

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The heart shaped keepsake box filled with Grand Marnier truffles, cognac truffles, and a praline heart at Jean Philippe Patisserie is sure to jump start the evening.

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On a muggy afternoon in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, a brunette in a tight-fitting black top and hip-hugger jeans strides into PJ's Coffee Shop for a cup of praline-flavored joe.

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After all this effort Santa does get tired from posing for these miniature chocolates so when he needed a break other iconic Christmas symbols were created and are also available including a praline Christmas tree.

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Actually, they may share the conservative views of many congressional Republicans, but they do not share their political habits, so it may be better to describe them as soft and smooth on the outside, with crunchy bits: the praline wing of the party.

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