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Praline vs. Toffee

Praline and Toffee Definitions

Praline

A confection made of nut kernels, especially almonds or pecans, stirred in boiling sugar syrup until crisp and brown.

Toffee

A hard, chewy candy made of brown sugar or molasses and butter.

Praline

A hard candy made of sugar, butter, milk or cream, and pecans.

Toffee

(uncountable) a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard

Praline

A confection made from almonds and other nuts, caramelized sugar, and sometimes milk or cream.

Toffee

(countable) a small, individual piece of toffee
A box of toffees
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Praline

A confection made of nut kernels, usually of almonds, roasted in boiling sugar until brown and crisp.
Bonbons, pralines, . . . saccharine, crystalline substances of all kinds and colors.

Toffee

(Northern England) any kind of sweets; candy

Praline

Cookie-sized candy made of brown sugar and butter and pecans

Toffee

(transitive) To coat in toffee.

Toffee

Taffy.

Toffee

Caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
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