Frosty Pumpkin Pup Treats
Give your fur-baby a delicious treat made with only two simple ingredients. Know that what you’re giving your dog is healthy and safe when you give them Frosty Pumpkin Pup Treats.
You and your dog can both enjoy these pup treats. Yes, you can both eat them, but what I mean is that they’re fun for you to make.
Have fun shaping the treats with silicone ice cube trays, or pipe them onto a tray using a decorator tip. Plus, you only need two ingredients, so not much shopping or measuring.
Your dog, on the other hand, is going to reap the rewards of your hard work by getting to eat these little treats. Dogs love both pumpkin and Greek yogurt, both of which have healthy benefits for dogs.
Pumpkin has vitamins A, C, and E, it’s rich in fiber, and it’s a prebiotic. All good things.
Greek yogurt, on the other hand, has probiotics, protein, and calcium. It’s important to remember, however, that when feeding Greek yogurt to a dog, it should be plain, not flavored, so no sugars added. More specifically, the yogurt should be free from xylitol, a sugar substitute that’s toxic to dogs.
Having said that, please contact your veterinarian if you have any concerns about feeding your fur-baby any new treats. You can never be too careful.
Wait, one last thing, these are only treats. They’re not meant to be a replacement for their food.
Ok then, let’s get started.
Making Frosty Pumpkin Pup Treats
This is a one-bowl recipe, so not much to clean up. Yay!
First, scoop out the plain Greek yogurt from it’s container. Now, don’t throw the container away just yet, you’re going to use it again.
Next, measure out the pumpkin into the yogurt container that you just emptied, so that you have the same portions. Note that it’s about half the can of pumpkin.
In fact, when I make this recipe, I automatically double it with two 5.3 oz. containers of plain Greek yogurt to one can of pure pumpkin, but that’s just me…and Charlie.
Mix the two ingredients together, then spoon the mixture into the silicone ice cube trays. If the mixture doesn’t all fit in your trays, (maybe you doubled the recipe) not to worry. Just cover and refrigerate what didn’t fit, and keep on reading. We’ll get to that.
Place the full trays in the freezer until they’re set, which takes about three hours.
Check to make sure they’re good and hard, then pop them out of the trays and place them in a sealed container. Keep them in the freezer for about two months.
If you had any mixture left over from before, you can now freeze what’s left. Easy peasy.
Making the recipe (without doubling it) fills my two trays, the pumpkins and the paw prints. I filled up the pumpkins, then divided what was left over into the paw print tray. The paw prints weren’t filled to the top, but Charlie doesn’t care. Good boy, Charlie!
More Treats for the Fur-Babies
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Frosty Pumpkin Pup Treats
Ingredients
- 5.3 oz. plain Greek yogurt (with NO xylitol, a sugar substitute)
- 1/2 can pure pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
Instructions
- Add the yogurt to a medium bowl. Fill the yogurt container with pure pumpkin (approx. 1/2 the can). Mix together.
- Spoon into silicone ice cube trays, or pipe onto waxed paper.
- Freeze until solid, about 3 hours. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Frosty Pumpkin Pup Treats
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My pups loved these treats and they couldn’t be easier to make. And they are healthy. So all the way around these treats are a win / win. My dogs gave them “two paws up.”
That’s so cute…”two paws up.” Thanks, Roxann.