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The founders of Aunt Sally's® Praline Shops, Pierre and Diane Bagur, had a vision to share the mystique of their home, New Orleans, and opened their first shop in the early 1930s. They were both second generation New Orleanians of French Creole descent. Their store resembled a log cabin and their merchandise was selected to remind visitors to New Orleans of the charms, rich history and delights of the city. Among these, of course, were the unique Creole candies called “pralines.” With the help of talented candymakers, the Bagurs developed their own delicate version of New Orleans signature candy, made over a gas stove in a copper pot and hand-poured, praline after praline onto marble surfaces, just as it is today.
The Aunt Sally's® pralines were sold individually or by six and twelve pralines packaged in hand-made cotton bales and by roving vendor with donkey and buggy throughout the French Quarter. But even in the early years, visitors requested and received shipments of pralines by mail worldwide, long before mail order became popular. Today, visitors may see what a New York Times reporter recently acclaimed as the best of those “disks of pure joy” being made daily at 810 Decatur Street in the historic French Quarter at the corner of Jackson Square and next to Café du Monde. So, if you're ever in the neighborhood, please come in to try a warm sample of our pralines and browse our selection of New Orleans food, spices, cookbooks, music, and memorabilia. Visitors can't seem to leave New Orleans until they've stopped by Aunt Sally's® Praline Shop to take home a box of our delicious pralines. We still ship orders all over the world and now, by popular demand, our pralines are available wholesale.
The third and fourth generations are dedicated to carrying out Pierre and Diane's dream. It is our home, our past, our future, and the heart and soul of what we do. We proudly share our unique delicacy and deep roots of New Orleans with each and every person who wants to experience what we love and cherish — the mystique and rich flavors of New Orleans, the most heavenly pralines you will ever taste.
For well over a decade, Aunt Sallys Pralines are the Best Pralines in New Orleans
The Great Praline Search: After sampling some of the most famous pralines in New Orleans, Southern Living reporter Wanda McKinney recently took it upon herself (with the help of her family) to have her own little unscientific taste test to find out which candymaker's product would claim the title of confection perfection. "The winner? Aunt Sally's, pans down. The consistency, creaminess, and cane-sugar goodness make her pralines the perfect confection."
Pralines are a must have for visitors! "No one goes home without a dozen pralines from Aunt Sally's!"
- New York Times, June 8, 1997
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