Penny Buttercup

Often goes by Peanut

Penny's parents are Earth Ponies, but her great grandmother was a unicorn. Her parents own their own candy store in Manehattan, teaching their daughter everything they knew. Eventually they sent her off to a school for gifted unicorns in Canterlot. There she learned many spells she now uses to make magic chocolates. As a graduation present, her parents bought her her own candy store in Canterlot so she wouldn't have to leave her friends behind. She lives right above the shop.

She has a living chocolate frog as a pet.  She was trying to make a fun treat based on one of her favorite books, but she named her first attempt Robert due to the unusual sounding ribbit he would make, and she couldn't bring herself to let him get eaten.

Her maternal grandmother was named Penny Picker, and she spent her youth picking berries and nuts with her family to sell to the workers who built most of the buildings in Ponyville.  Once the Apple family had their farm up and running, there was no need for her there, so she moved on, eventually meeting the love of her life, Sweets Savour.  They named their daughter Sweetie Savour, and she would eventually marry Almond Buttercup.  Sweetie learned how to make many types of candy, but Almond was taught as a chocolatier, making a perfect pair to run a candy store together until having their only daughter, who they named after her grandmother.

She can be quite generous and energetic, but can get really serious when she's working. She loves to see her customers enjoying her sweet treats. If one of her desserts fails, she'll salvage it, often turning it into an ice cream topping. Some may say she's not very dependable because she sometimes makes plans, then forgets about them, usually because she got caught up in her work. It's not because she doesn't care, she just gets really focused when she's working.

Peanut butter coat, chocolate colored mane and tail in young Cheerilee's style (no stray hairs though). Green eyes.