Cash for Candy? Our fun alternative for Halloween!

This year Daddy is giving the kids cash for candy!  What exactly does this mean?  Well...they will still get to enjoy dressing up and going trick or treating; we will bring some goodies along; when they return home, Daddy will give them a buck for every pound!  And I will have some REAL candy ready for them when return from their mission.  Time to break out the scales (it's been awhile..haha!).  They are hoping to make enough money to go see a movie afterwards.  I think this very well could be their most memorable Halloween!

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Eat Your Heart Out!

Who would miss Reese's Cups, laiden with preservatives and sugar when you have these? It's a wonder there's any room for actual peanut butter and chocolate with all that stuff in there. Even if you don't have allergies or are on a special diet, I highly recommend these!  They were SO delicious!

Homemade, Healthier Peanut Butter Cups
If you use another nut butter, you may need to add more honey. Peanuts are naturally sweet. For that matter, this is definitely a "to your own taste" recipe! And you can easily adjust the sweeter to satisfy you.

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup of peanut butter, toasted and salted (or use nut butter of your choice)
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 teaspoon vanilla (if you are making this gluten-free, make sure to use gluten-free vanilla)
• 1/4 cup of coconut oil
• 1/3 cup of chopped soaked and dehydrated nuts, or toasted (I used a mixture of chopped almonds and pumpkin seeds)*
• 4 ounces of unsweetened chocolate
• 2-4 tablespoons honey

Directions 

1. In a small bowl combine the peanut butter, coconut oil, vanilla, first 2 tablespoons honey, and nuts. Mix until well combined.
2. Drop by the heaping teaspoon into mini cupcake pans. Place in freezer.
3. Chop chocolate into small pieces and place in the top of a double broiler (or, like I do, in a heat-proof bowl that fits on top of a pot you have). Mix in the honey. Bring about 2 inches of water to a boil in the pot and place the bowl on top. Watch the chocolate carefully so that it doesn’t burn, stirring gently while the chocolate melts. When there are just a few chunks left in the chocolate, take off of the heat and allow it to melt completely.
4. Drop by the teaspoon over the peanut butter mixture and place back into the freezer. Freeze for 20 minutes. Take out, and using a butter knife pop them out. Keep in the freezer or refrigerator and enjoy!

* To toast the nuts, place in a dry pan over medium-high heat. Stir almost continually until they are starting to brown. Take off of the heat.

Recipe from: http://www.mnn.com/food/recipes/stories/healthier-homemade-peanut-butter-cups#.