Pupsicle Recipes

 

Make fun, frozen treats for your dog with these easy pupsicle recipes!

eat the heat with these pupsicles recipes for dogs! Whip up these quick frozen treats for your dog and his canine pals with food you have on hand. All you need is 5 minutes, a few ingredients, and a freezer. Using additive free ingredients is always best. Let’s get started!

5 Pupsicle Recipes for Hot Dogs

Recipe #1: Banana Pupsicles (or Froyo!)

Ingredients

• 2 bananas, the riper the better
• 1 large container (32 ounces) unsweetened vanilla yogurt (no gelatine or sweetener added) or plain yogurt
• ½ tsp pure vanilla non-alcohol extract (optional)

Serve fresh, semi-frozen, or frozen into pupsicles! Combine ingredients in a blender, food processor, or Magic Bullet. To make froyo (semi-frozen), freeze the bananas for an hour or two before blending. For pupsicles (frozen), pour into ice cube trays, freeze, and watch your dogs go wild. You can also use unsweetened fruit yogurt, in place of plain or vanilla yogurt, or you could add some fresh fruit in season, like juicy berries.

Important: Never give your dog a popsicle stick to chew on. Instead of a stick use a chewable stick-shaped dog treat or a dog cookie. Or skip it altogether and just use an ice cube tray.

Alternative yogurts to try: goat milk yogurt, sheep milk yogurt, water buffalo yogurt or, for a non-dairy alternative, almond milk yogurt

Recipe #2: Peanut Butter Pupsicles or Froyo

Ingredients

• 1 banana
• 1 large container (32 ounces) plain yogurt or unsweetened vanilla or banana yogurt, with no gelatine added
• 3 tbsp peanut butter (with no sugar, salt, aspartame or xylitol added) or use almond butter or hemp seed butter
• 2 tsp local honey

Serve fresh, semi-frozen, or frozen! Combine ingredients in a blender, food processor, or Magic Bullet. To make froyo (semi-frozen), freeze the banana for an hour or two before blending. For pupsicles (frozen), pour into ice cube trays, freeze, and serve.

Use a bone-shaped dog treat in place of a popsicle stick!

Recipe #3: Fruit Juice Poochie Pupsicle Recipe For Dogs

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Basic Recipe

• 1 ripe banana
• 4 cups 100% pure orange juice (no sugar added)
• 1/2 cup plain yogurt

Puree all ingredients in a blender—or simply mash the banana by hand and combine with the juice and yogurt—then pour into a popsicle mold, freeze, and serve to your favourite hot dogs.

Variations

Switch up your fruit. Try subbing in:

• Strawberries
• Peach
• Watermelon (seedless)
• Or, mix in some peanut butter

You can also vary the juice you use. Try pineapple juice or apple juice; just check to be sure the juice you use is all-natural and has no added sugar.

Modern Dog pup-approved combinations include:

• Watermelon, strawberry, pure pineapple juice, and yogurt
• Peanut butter, banana, pure apple juice, and yogurt

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Recipe #4: Blueberry Pupsicles

• 2 cups plain organic yogurt
• 1/3 cup fresh blueberries
• 6-bar silicon rectangle muffin mold

Combine 1 cup yogurt and half of the blueberries in a blender to form a smoothie. Pour smoothie mix into the 6-bar silicon rectangle muffin mold, dividing evenly. (You can use an alternative mould or popsicle tray if you prefer. If your dog is little, you might want to use an ice cube tray.) Top up each bar with spoonfuls of the remaining plain yogurt and whole blueberries to create a pretty, layered look.

Cover with foil and place in the freezer on a flat surface for 6 hours or until frozen solid. Slide out each bar to serve. For easy removal, let the moulds sit out on the counter for a few minutes or run them under warm water for a few seconds.

Pro-Tip: Blueberries can be alternated with diced strawberries or raspberries for variation. To make a version for yourself, add 3 tablespoons sugar, honey or agave syrup and a dash of lemon juice to the recipe!

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Recipe #5: Savoury Pupsicles

Homemade (no salt) chicken-broth pops

Had barbequed chicken for dinner? Don’t chuck the carcass! Throw it in a large pot, cover with water, and let it simmer for an hour and a half. Cool, then pick the meat off, discarding the bone but keeping the cartilage, meat, and broth. Left over cooked carrots and/or peas? Mash them up and mix them in! Pour the chicken broth into your popsicle mold (save whatever’s leftover as a tasty addition to your dog’s next few meals) and freeze. Best served outside. Here’s our bone broth for dogs recipe.

Pro-Tip: Don’t have a popsicle mold? Freeze in small Tupperware or empty single-serving yogurt containers. Run the container under warm water to release the frozen pupsicle.

Recipe #6: Lazy Day Pupsicles

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Simply skin and cube some seedless watermelon (dogs should not consume the rind or seeds), chuck it in a Ziplock baggie, and toss it in to the freezer for a natural, on-the-go “freezie” you and your dog can share.

 

Editor’s Note: there is a story making the rounds that ice can cause bloat in dogs. While extreme cold, such as drinking a bucket of ice water, might cause the stomach to spasm, it’s unlikely to cause either bloat (the stomach fills up with gas) or torsion (the stomach flips over and twists the entrance and exit-a life threatening problem). At any rate, we suggest that people only give their dogs one pupsicle at a time; they’re intended to be a treat, not eaten 12 in a go anyway.

Also, dogs should not be given wooden or plastic popsicle sticks to chew on. If you use a popsicle mold with sticks for easy removal, remove the sticks from the pops before feeding, or use a stick-shaped dog treat as a popsicle stick alternative!

Check out more easy frozen dog treat recipes to beat the summer heat!

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