In 1857, Jean Neuhaus was the owner of a pharmacy in the famous and beautiful Galerie de la Reine in Brussels.  But it was not your usual drugstore: the man sold pills covered with a thin layer of chocolate to conceal their bitter taste.  His grandson was inspired by this genius method but decided he would rather put some « crème fraiche » in it instead of grandpa’s medicine.  Et voilà: the praline was born.