Level the cooled chocolate cake layers with a serrated knife.
Place one chocolate cake layer on a round cake board. Add desired amount of frosting to the top of the layer and spread evenly with an offset spatula. I like to use a large cookie scoop to portion the buttercream for even layers of frosting between cake layers. Add on half of the chopped Reese's peanut butter cups. Add additional frosting and smooth with an offset spatula.
Add the second cake layer, more peanut butter frosting, the remaining chopped peanut butter cups, a bit more frosting, and spread evenly with an offset spatula.
Add the final cake layer to the top of the cake. Be sure the bottom of the cake layer is facing up.
With an offset spatula, add a crumb coat, a thin layer of frosting, to the top and sides of the cake. Use a cake scraper to remove excess buttercream and to smooth the sides. Chill the cake for 20 minutes to firm the buttercream.
Add a generous layer of frosting to the chilled cake with an offset spatula. Use a cake scraper to remove excess frosting and smooth the sides of the cake. Chill for an additional 20 minutes.
Use a piping bag or squeeze bottle to add a chocolate ganache drip around the sides of the cake. Pour additional chocolate ganache on the top of the cake an use an offset spatula to spread evenly.
Use a piping bag fitted with a Wilton 1M piping tip to create swirls of peanut butter buttercream around the top edges of the cake. Add peanut butter cups for decoration on the top of the cake.