Pumpkin Almond Butter & Dark Chocolate Cups

Before I get to this recipe I want to know who else out there is obsessed with the podcast Serial as much as we are? We downloaded all of the most recent episodes so we could catch up on our road trip to Montana and all I can say is WOW we are addicted! The only downside to Thanksgiving this year is that they wont air the most recent episode due to the holiday (since they air new episodes every Thursday). Gasp! I guess we'll have to drink an extra cranberry-sage champagne cocktail to cope! However, if you're traveling this holiday season and haven't tuned in yet do yourself a favor and download all of the episodes and catch up! I won't get into the details about the podcast but if you're curious it's brought to us by the producers of "This American Life" and the premise is a re-examination of the 1999 murder of a Baltimore high school girl. It's an edge of your seat podcast and I hope you give it a listen so we can all chat about it! Phew, I'm glad I got that off my chest. Alright, onto this delicious recipe. I know we all have a favorite childhood candy bar and I'd love to hear what yours are so we can figure out how to re-create them! For me Reese's peanut butter cups were hands down my number one. I loved taking little bites of the outside ridges and saving the peanut butter center for my last bite. I was clueless of the ingredients list and honestly couldn't have cared less. To me, they were little pieces of heaven and I savored every single bite. I've drastically changed my diet since we began farming 6 years ago but to this day Reese's are a guilty pleasure I enjoy a couple of times a year. I still eat them the same way- saving the creamy peanut-buttery center for last! Before Taylor and I left for our road trip to Montana I was doing a little inventory of our winter squash situation in the barn and realized we have a LOT of sugar pumpkins that we need to eat this winter. My mind automatically starting thinking of ways to incorporate a little pumpkin into some "healthier" road snacks. Road trips are usually when I end up buying a few peanut butter cups at our gas station stops and this time around I thought why not make a homemade version using a little fresh pumpkin from the farm? The result was nothing short of amazing and I'm so happy I made these tasty treats for the road. The combination of almond butter, pumpkin, maple syrup, chocolate and sea salt is a match made in this farmers heaven. Taylor was skeptical at first and according to him these weren't the same as "the real deal" but he agreed they were pretty spectacular in their own way. We think these taste best on the road with a cup of coffee while listening to Serial. I hope you all enjoy these tasty treats as much as we do. Let me know what your favorite childhood candy bar was in the comments and I'll brainstorm a way to whip up a farm fresh version (if it's possible!)