Caramelised brown sugar, butter and cream candy studded with toasted Louisiana pecans, cooked to soft-ball stage and dropped onto marble until set into rough, sugar-grain discs. The French Quarter sweet-shop signature.
New Orleans pralines descend from the French sugared-almond praline brought by Ursuline nuns in the 1720s. By the 19th century, free women of colour (les marchandes) sold them on French Quarter street corners. Today Aunt Sally's, Leah's Pralines and Southern Candymakers are the canonical Quarter producers; Croissant D'Or carries them year-round.
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Levee Baking Co ★ 4.7
3138 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115
Levee Baking Co in New Orleans is Christina Balzebre's Uptown levain bakery just off Magazine Street at 9th, with sourdough loaves, kouign-amann and a Cuban.
Cochon Butcher ★ 4.5
warehouse-district · 930 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70130
Cochon Butcher in New Orleans is the Donald Link sandwich counter and butcher case beside Cochon, with a muffuletta and Le Pig Mac that have outsold.
Croissant D'Or Patisserie ★ 4.4
617 Ursulines Ave, New Orleans, LA 70116
Croissant D'Or in New Orleans is the French Quarter patisserie on Ursulines Avenue, in a 1913 Brocato's ice cream shop space, with classic French pastry.