His first job in New Orleans was as a child, selling pralines at Leah's Pralines. Famous desserts and snacks include King Cake, beignets, Pralines, Sweet Potato pie and Pecan pie. Their products range from chocolate bars to truffles and pralines. The candies sold included pecan rolls, pralines, forty-two varieties of kettle fresh candies, and chocolates. Pralines made in Belgium are usually soft-centred confections with a chocolate casing. Deserts include flan, tres leches cake, "sopapillas" and pralines. Pralines have a creamy consistency, similar to fudge. In New Orleans, Acadiana, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pralines are sometimes called "pecan candy". Pralines include nuts but not usually chocolate. The largest manufacturers of wider varieties of chocolates are mentioned at Pralines. Product offerings include artisanal pralines and tasting squares. "Pralines and Cream" is a common ice cream flavor in the United States and Canada. Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers is famous for its Pink European Nut Pralines. He calls his pralines "freelines," with funds used to support his activism.