There's a huge difference between Southern pecan pralines and praline pecans. Pecan pralines are cookie-sized pecan clusters bound together by a fudgy candy mixture with a caramel-like flavor. Praline pecans, on the other hand, are individual pecans coated with a crunchy sugar-and-spice coating. Praline pecans are made by coating pecans in beaten egg white and a spiced sugar mixture, and then baked until crisp.