After a blind taste test with entries from 12 local pralines makers, the winner, so to speak, and the pralines you will get, ironically will come from the oldest company. Established in 1900, they still operate an open kitchen in the French Quarter so visitors can watch the process.

The idea of cooked sugar candy with nuts is credited to a French 16th century duke. Almonds were used then but when the French came to Louisiana, plentiful pecans were combined with brown sugar, cream and butter.

An ideal and "sweet" remembrance of New Orleans, these 10 pralines individually wrapped in a colorful box should be eaten within a few days after you receive them.

Box of 10 Creole Pralines