What Is A Praline (And How Do You Pronounce It)? - Mashed www.mashed.com/1377282/what-are-pralinesPrivate View Well, if "praline" is one of those words, there's no need to be embarrassed. Pralines, which are delicious brown sugar-based candy patties with a fudgy consistency and pecan topping, can be pronounced in one of two different ways. If you've been saying — or thinking — the word as "pray-lean" all along, that's perfectly okay, it just means ...