Armadillo Droppings Pralines Candy

On a ranch not far from Bandera Texas Old Maria was mixing pralines in the big black iron kettle on the ranch stove when two pesky armadillos knocked over the trash can. By the time Maria had run off them rascally critters the pralines had gone on cooking much longer and browner than usual and when the cowboys came in for dinner and saw all them little pralines lined up in a row Slim drawled Whatcha got there Maria? Armadillo droppings? ...and so a Texas tradition was born - bite size delicious dark brown sugar pecan pralines!