Edit:
There is now a pumpkin board on the Chocolate Covered Katie Pinterest Page!
Some things in life are obvious.
Chocolate goes well with peanut butter? Obvious. Chocolate goes well with pumpkin? Obvious. Chocolate goes well with pretty much anything?
Obviously obvious.
So what happens when you combine all three—pumpkin, chocolate, and peanut butter—together into one Halloween-themed Reeses cup?
The answer should be obvious.
If it isn’t, hopefully all of these pictures can help to clarify.
Pumpkin Pie Peanut Butter Cups
- 1/4 cup plus 1 tbsp cocoa powder (25g)
- 2 tbsp maple syrup, agave, or honey OR vanilla stevia drops to taste
- 1/4 cup liquid virgin coconut oil (Or omit these first three ingredients and simply melt 1/2 cup chocolate chips instead.) (50g)
- 2 tbsp pumpkin puree or sweet potato (30g)
- 2 tbsp peanut butter (You might be able to sub 2 more tbsp pumpkin for a lower-fat version, but I haven’t tried it. Feel free to sub another nut butter in place of the peanut butter.) (30g)
- 1/8 tsp cinnamon, and optional pinch pumpkin pie spice
Stir first three ingredients together until it makes a sauce. (If using the stevia version, you might want to add a little extra oil for a thinner consistency) Fill just the very bottoms of cupcake liners, mini cupcake liners, or candy molds with chocolate, reserving the rest. Then freeze 8-10 minutes. Meanwhile, combine all other ingredients and stir to form a paste. (If you use refrigerated peanut butter, it’s best to heat the nut butter a bit first, so it’ll mix more easily.) Take liners from freezer and top each with filling (1 teaspoon in each of ten, if using mini cupcake liners). Cover with more chocolate, and freeze until solid. (You won’t use all the chocolate, but I’m sure you can find yummy ways to use the extra…) Unless you’ve used the non-coconut version, it’s best to keep these in the freezer.
And I obviously have a tiny obsession with homemade Reeses peanut butter cups…
Mounds Bar Reeses Cake Batter Reeses Chocolate Monkey Bites
Obviously.
What’s your favorite Halloween candy?
No question today?! Lol. I don’t know what to say 🙂
How about: These look awesome! Such a great idea. What would be even cool is melting “white chocolate chips” to make the outer parts of these. Geez. That would be REALLY good.
You’re right; it does feel strange to not have a question up there. I went and added something… I wanted to ask what everyone’s dream peanut butter cup flavor would be. It would’ve fit so well in the post. But apparently I’ve already asked that before :-?.
You’re right, I think you have 🙂 It doesn’t really matter, but I just thought it was funny how we get used to certain things. Then something changes and we’re like: What’s wrong with this picture? 😀
Favorite candy from my childhood would be either peanut butter M&M’s, Skittles, Mike and Ikes, Cookie Dough Bites or Sour Patch Kids. I would never be able to choose!
Cookie Dough Bites? I had to Google this – looks perfect!
Oh my husband will LOVE this trial!! I keep making one of your recipes each night so instead of Julie and Julia, my new “show” is Kasey and Katie 😉 Seriously I love ya girl~
This recipe looks so good my immediate reaction was to get angy at it.
Omg those look so good and perfect to bring to a fall party! I’ll be bookmarking this page…
I just bought some pumpkins at the farmers market today, this is PERFECT!
I absolutely love your recipes Katie! But was wondering one thing.. Do you also have food combining-friendly recipes? I know a lot of people find food combining important or are on a food combining diet.
Would be sooooo awesome to be able to make some of your amazing recipes but still being able to combine foods in the best ways!
I have yet to combine chocolate and pumpkin – but I love them both on their own, so I’m sure these would be delicious!
I love all things reeses hahaha
I love this idea. I have been wanting to make pumpkin recipes. Thank goodness I’m off today. I think I’m going to make this for my friend whose coming over tonight. Thanks for the wonderful idea!
These sound unreal, Katie! I can’t even tell you which picture is my favorite, because every single one has me cursing the fact that I am at work and can’t make them like RIGHT NOW!
Thanks, Katie. Now I know today’s baking project with the kiddos. Thanks for making me look like Supermom all the time :).
I love pumpkin and Reeses – these are a win win win!!! Yes, I put in an extra ‘win’.