I love Reese’s peanut butter cups. LOVE THEM! But…if you think about them too much, you realize they are actually kind of nasty. Plus they have lactose in them which means I can get very sick if I don’t exert self-control. I always wanted to try making my own but it seemed like it would be really hard.

Guess what: IT’S NOT!

BEHOLD! A peanut butter cup! Made in my kitchen!

I became totally inspired by Lori Leigh Wilson’s chocolate almond butter cups and decided to go for it over the weekend. I didn’t have any almond butter and also I’m a bit of a traditionalist when it comes to “-butter and chocolate cups.” But I did have decent peanut butter on hand. I also had graham crackers, which is what she had replaced in her recipe with Puffins. I had just enough chocolate chips. I had Earth Balance! I…