With Halloween rapidly approaching, candies and chocolates have infiltrated the entire supermarket. I can typically avoid their sultry stares by skipping the single candy-isle and defiantly turning my back to them at checkout. Lately though, they catch my eye near the produce, dairy and grain isles, give me flirty smiles, and whispering sweet nothings. I walk off in a huff, offended at their ubiquitous cat-calls, but hours later, I drift back to our stolen moments and subtle exchanges, and I find myself wanting candy more than I have all year. Cruel mistress.
I decided that I would not succumb to the pre-packaged stuff this year, and instead, make my own delectables from high quality ingredients with full control over the amounts and proportions, and embarked on homemade peanut butter cups. 
Ingredients:
1 16-oz jar Laura Scudder’s Old Fashioned Peanut Butter, Smooth
1 2-lb bag high quality chocolate chips, milk or dark
1 1/2 cup powered sugar
2 TBSP butter, softened
Cooking Spray
Mini Cupcake Papers
Empty the peanut butter into a bowl and stir in the powdered sugar. Mix in the softened butter and set aside. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler, stirring with a spatula. The chocolate should be smooth and velvety. Arrange your cupcake papers onto a baking sheet and lightly mist with cooking spray. Spoon the melted chocolate into the cupcake papers, coating the bottoms and sides entirely. Set the extra chocolate aside. Once all cupcake papers are coated, place the tray in the refrigerator to cool for about five to ten minutes. Pipe or spoon the peanut butter mixture into the cooled chocolate cups, and then spoon the remaining melted chocolate over the top of the peanut butter and place the tray back in the refrigerator for another 30-minutes to set completely. Serve and enjoy.
Please note that these are ridiculously delicious. Make them when you know friends are coming for a visit, so that you can send them away with the people you love. Otherwise you may find yourself justifying peanut butter cups as a reasonable breakfast choice. This is the voice of experience speaking. 
Photos below.
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Yummers! I can hardly wait to try these! You rock Megan-O-Oregano! 😉
oh MAN! Those look so good! I love peanut butter cups!
These are insane! And by the same token, as you said, a totally reasonable breakfast choice.
Also, pretty nail polish!
Haha “Megan-o!” You need to try these asap Casie. Come up and I’ll send you home with some!
Jess, seriously! You will freak out. They are DELICIOUS!
Lauren! Thanks, they do make quite a nummy breakfast. And the nail polish is Sally Hansen’s “gun metal” Target, baby!
wow these look great-could eat dozens. Nice job. Think I’ll try them. I should send you the recipe of peanut butter googly eyes dipped in white chocolate. going to bed early to get ready for art class. Hope the first day of school was marvelous for your little friends.
wow, good job megan! those look amazing! i’m so making these… 😀
Thanks billyjoesgirl and my anonymous stalker (mom!?)
absolutely inspiring! i’ll have to try them soon…today i make mallomars with a twist.
Oooooh thank you thank you dearie! I wish you were a bit closer! I’d love to combine forces on some kitchen/crafting! Your mallomars sound intriguing!
Jemeg, THANK YOU for the scrumptious, awesome, delicious, beautiful, better-than-store-bought treats that you sent home with Brain. I would treasure them always, but I am too busy eating them. I treasure the thought behind them, instead! I am trying to be good and have just one a day (like a vitamin!), but … they beckon me. The sirens of the PB Cup world. Willpower: overrated.
Oh, I also like the pretty nail polish!
Thanks Helly!
I’m glad you liked them! I wanted to make you one giant cup overflowing with PB, but the thought of so much goodness made me dizzy and I had to sit down. Willpower is indeed overrated! Love you mucho dahling!
miam!! it looks delicious
My mum is a big fan of Reese, and one thing we love about Reese is the sweet salty blend which is so addictive. I will love to make these for my mum. Does this have the sweet salty taste that we love so much?
Now this is what I’m talkin’ bout!!! :)))
They look absolutely delicious.
Greets from BFC !!!
These look soooo delicious! I recently made (and posted) my recipe for pumpkin pie white chocolate cups, which are a seasonal version of the classic pb chocolate cup. I might have to make the traditional version next
gedane, they ARE!
Pei Lin, yes!! Sweet and salty and oh o creamy! Enjoy
Hi BFC!! Thanks for the comment. Nice to meetcha *waves*
Lauren, those look REALLY yummy. I think I’m going to make your version next. Thanks for the inspiration
Wow – finally I understand the importance of peanut butter! (Sorry to say so but for Europeans peanut butter is not quite a staple food…). I definetly have to try making these – they look just really delicious! And I love the idea of “lining” the cups nothing I’ve tries yet… thanks a lot!
Linda
Thanks Meggie! I was totally going to not eat sugar today, but, instead, I’m totally making these! My family will love me!
Lind, I’m SO glad you enjoyed! Keep me posted on how yours turn out!
Melissa, I’m sure your family already does- you are super mom!
these look AMAZING. homemade reeses, but probably better! can’t wait to try these
So much better Maggie! Enjoy!
How many does this recipe make approximately? I’m making them for my friends for Christmas!
Awesome! What a nice friend you are
This recipe should make about 55 mini pb cups. Have a great Christmas!
Awesome, thanks!
YUMMY !!! im definitely going to try these out!! 😀
they look delicious! One question, do we have to use that peanut butter that you specified or will it be ok if I substitute it with a different brand as long as it is the smooth type?
thanks =]
You should be able to use any smooth peanut butter
thank you! I can’t wait to try them out!
Do you use PB without sugar in it? These look delicious!
This looks soo amazing!! i love peanut butter and i love chocolate!! what a great combination!!
I made these but left out the sugar and the butter (just used the straight peanut butter) and used 60% dark chocolate Ghirardelli chips.i also found it impossible to “line” the paper cups with the melted chocolate so i just layered it. First layer i put choc in bottom of paper liner, let set in refrigerator till hard then some peanut butter which i covered with the rest of the melted choc, then back to refrigerator to finish hardening. They were wonderful!!
I have found that using reduced fat peanut butter works the best. I have never put butter in them either. And instead of lining cups I just pipe enough chocolate into them to cover the bottom with a thick layer, spoon the peanut butter mix onto that and cover with more chocolate. The heat of the chocolate actually makes the peanut butter flatten out some, especially if you slightly lift & drop the tray a few times before refrigerating. Still an amazing recipe!
these look delish.
OMG love… I think my peanut butter cups addiction is about to take a battering…
Lots of great suggestions here! I love reading about how you have modified your recipes! I may need to make another batch of these! Reading this is making me hungry for some!
xoxo
radmegan
These look amazing. I haven’t been able to find the mini cupcake holders. Do you have a suggestion for something else I could use?
Walmart carries them at the holiday time, also, any crafting store that sells chocolate will carry them.
How many does this recipe make?
Never mind I found the answer futher up in the comments. Super excited to make these!
These look like an awesome project for this weekend! My hubby and I are low carb so will be using sugarfree chocolate chips and Stevia (cup for cup powdered) inplace of the powdered sugar. Will review this low carb version on my blog 😀
This was amazing! I also skipped on the butter as well, mostly because I forgot, but :o) turned out amazing!
Wanting to try with Maranatha Almond Butter soon!
I can’t eat peanuts. So i can just replace the Real peanut butter with SOMEHOW Peanut free peanut butter. XD
can’t pin it to pinterest boohoo… so sad
Can’t wait to try this.. Peanut butter is a main staple in my life the right kind of fat, protein, and my teeth let me eat it. Thanks for the recipe
i made these on saturday, they’re all finished. My daughter has asked me to only make them over xmas which is such a complement . this is the best peanut butter cup recipe i have come across! thank you so much!
i made these on saturday, they’re all finished. my daughter has made me promise i’ll only make them again over xmas, which is a huge complement. The best peanut butter cup recipe ever! Thank you!!
ITS VERY HELP FUL AND VERY INFORMATIVE POST.THANK YOU.