Should Pralines Be Grainy?

A perfect praline is creamy and smooth and melts in your mouth like butter. ... Too hot and the pralines will be brittle, not hot enough and they will be grainy. A candy thermometer is supposed to take all the guess work out of the process, but don't believe it.

How do you fix grainy pralines?

If your sugar begins to crystallize early on, you will have a very brittle and very grainy result. Once sugar has crystallized, you cannot fix it, regardless of what anyone tells you. You can heat it slowly which will dissolve the crystals, but once the sugar cools, it will crystallize again.

Why didn't my pralines Harden?

If you beat too long, the candy will seize and start to crumble. If you don't beat it long enough, then pralines won't set properly and will stay soft and sticky.