The word praline has a wide variety of connotations. The original pralines were caramelized almonds invented by Clement Lassagne of France in 1636. These original pralines were created simply by dropping almonds into a pot of boiling sugar. A family owned confectionary in the town of Montargis, the town where Lassagne resided, still uses the original recipe for making pralines. Today, the word praline is used in describing any number of products that contain nuts. However, the term is often not used to describe the original version of the praline, which was simply a sugar coated toasted whole almond.

Cocoa Red Quinta do Noval Port Pralines

Cocoa Red Quinta do Noval Port Pralines
My first foray into alcohol was cider. After that I quickly moved on, and ultimately stayed with, Port for a good number of years. Similarly my first introduction to dark chocolate was Lindt. Twenty five years ago we didn’t have much choice in this country than that overly commercial chocolate maker...

Prestat Praline Chocolate Truffles

Prestat Praline Chocolate Truffles
Truffles are the staple of so many chocolate companies, but they're so often not given the love and attention that they should be. These come across as nothing special to be honest, even though they do well at not coming across as too intense, they just don't have enough flavour to really get me excited about them.

Rococo Mixed Chocolates Medium Ballotin Box

Rococo Mixed Chocolates Medium Ballotin Box
Rococo are absolutely fantastic chocolatiers and if you ever get a chance to try their chocolates then you most certainly should do!

Pralus Barre Infernale Lait

Pralus Barre Infernale Lait
The Pralus Barre Infernale Lait was an incredible bar of milk chocolate, even if it was adulterated by nuts.

Hotel Chocolat Chocolate Log

Hotel Chocolat Chocolate Log
This Hotel Chocolat Chocolate log is lovely and different and gives you a number of ways to enjoy it. I love the just biting into it option.

Galler Mini Easter Eggs

Galler Mini Easter Eggs
I just loved the Galler Mini Easter Eggs - tasty and with a good variety.

Hotel Chocolat The Sleekster Love Collection

The Hotel Chocolat The Sleekster Love Collection is a great Valentines gift chocolate box as it's got a fair bit of variety in it.

Guylian Finest Belgian Chocolate Sea Shells

These Guylian Finest Belgian Chocolate Sea Shells are a big favourite of my wife, unfortunately I don't think there's enough chocolate flavour to them.

Biona Organic Praline Chocolate Filled With Nougat Of Hazelnuts

The Biona Organic Praline & Nougat Chocolate bar was terrible - it should be avoided as you'll wish you hadn't bothered.

Tipyn Bach Milk Chocolate Praline Bar

The Tipyn Bach Milk Chocolate Praline Bar wasn't all that bad, it's not in the top range of bars I've reviewed, but if you like praline then give it a go.