Force pearls in sweets (8)

I believe the answer is:

pralines

'sweets' is the definition.
(praline is a kind of sweet)

'force pearls in' is the wordplay.
'force' indicates anagramming the letters (letters must be forced into a new order).
'pearls'+'in'='pearlsin'
'pearlsin' is an anagram of 'PRALINES'.

(Another definition for pralines that I've seen is " Sweets with nuts in caramelized sugar".)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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