HELLO & welcome to peanut’s pralines.
-Samuel & Coralee Jenkins
about us
When Sam was a kid growing up in New Orleans, his father Harry Lucas had a candy truck selling various types of candy and snacks. As a result, he learned how to sell treats, and more importantly, he was taught how to make pralines also known as pecan candy.
Two years ago Sam started thinking about those times regularly. It was as if an awakening of those memories of sharing time with his father and making the candy began to flood in. It was these memories that stirred up the desire to make the pralines again. We want to leave a legacy of candy-making to our children because we knew that candy was special.
In New Orleans, we are Candy People Sam enjoys making pralines, because like his father, not only does it fill the need to provide love, but it also puts a smile on peoples’ faces when they know their favorite treat is nearby.
You can say he is passionate because when you love what you do, it can never work for you. In Houston and New Orleans, people would ask him to make pralines for birthdays, showers, weddings, and some folks would request some just to have for themselves.
“But it didn’t stop there. He wanted to share this candy with everyone he met… even the world”