Cafe Du Monde Logo Store and Evans Candy Kitchen — Local services in New Orleans

Not a real candy factory, I would say a fudge making place connected to the cafe de monde. I have been to several store looking for a place to buy a bag of mixed candy. This store has a very, very limited selection of candy. They do have a lot of cups and sugar shakers with the cafe de monde logo. They have a small room with windows to watch some fudge being made. They have some pralines as well if your looking for those in a bag. They do have a whole case of different varieties of the best fudge. The fudge is amazing. I bought the cafe de lait fudge. No close parking

One piece of...

This (below) from another review 9 years ago is still how they are. Such a shame, if only they would take the time to melt the sugar completely so its not so difficult to eat. Its far too grainy and crumbles easily when it should be silky smooth and melt in your mouth. The one bonus is being part of Cafe Du Monde.

HORRIBLE! They do NOT know how to make pralines. Their creole pralines were made in a rush and were just compressed sugar crystals with hardly any cream. They couldn't even cook the sugar. It was like biting into a sugar cube. Don't waste your...

Authentic New Orleans pralines, the way they tasted before the influx of profiteering copycats.

Other, much, much, newer praline shops in town make a softer, creamy, praline like confection, but this is the real thing. The taste and consistency are spot on.

Also, here in New Orleans, we say it "Prah-leans", because that is the proper French pronunciation of the word. If you want a Texas style "Pray-lean cookie", go somewhere else.

Praline means cookie, by the way, so there is no need to say...