Peanut Butter Swirl Dog Popsicles

These homemade dog popsicles are a cool, refreshing treat for your furry friend in the summertime! Made with simple nutritious ingredients like frozen fruit, plain Greek yogurt, and swirled with creamy peanut butter. Keep a batch frozen in your freezer for those hot days!

Thank you Wellness Pet Company for sponsoring this blog post. I’m grateful to partner with brands I love to cook with, and all opinions are my own.

As a Registered Dietitian and dog lover, I really enjoy learning about nutrition for dogs and healthy lifestyle for dogs, which includes making simple, healthy treats for my dog, Coby.

He loves the taste of vanilla ice cream and whipped cream, but I know those foods are not the most nutritious for dogs to eat. I wanted to make him a healthier dog treat he can enjoy on a warm summer day – these fruit, yogurt, and peanut butter swirl pupsicles!

You need just a handful of simple ingredients to make these homemade dog popsicles like frozen fruit and plain Greek yogurt. The pupsicles are swirled with creamy peanut butter and Wellness CORE Bowl Boosters® Functional Toppers for an added boost of nutrients and crunch your pup will love!

Bowl Boosters are crafted with wholesome grains and freeze dried meats, fruits, and vegetables. They are a delicious way to add flavor and texture to your dog’s meals, as well as important nutrients. I usually add a sprinkle of Bowl Boosters to Coby’s meals, but this is a fun and unique way for him to enjoy them.

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Ingredients in peanut butter swirl dog popsicles

Here is everything you need to make this dog popsicle recipe:

• Frozen banana
• Frozen berries – I used a blend of blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries
• Plain Greek yogurt – avoid using flavored or sweetened yogurt, which contains excess added sugar and may contain xylitol, a sugar alcohol that is toxic to dogs
• Creamy peanut butter
• Wellness CORE Bowl Boosters® Functional Toppers

This recipe makes about eight dog popsicles, so you can make a batch today to have in your freezer for the summer. They only take about 10 minutes to prepare, and this recipe is easy to make for all levels.

Kitchen tools needed

To make this recipe, you need a blender and popsicle molds. You will also need wooden popsicle sticks or a stick-shaped treat like bully sticks, biscuits, carrot sticks, or celery.

Coby is a gentle eater, but if your dog is a chomper, I do not recommend using a wooden popsicle stick to avoid a choking hazard.

What can I use instead of popsicle molds?

If you don’t have popsicle molds, you can use paper cups or a reusable ice cube tray to freeze the dog popsicles.

Ingredient substitution ideas

You can use pretty much any dog safe food to make dog popsicles! If you don’t have these exact ingredients on hand, feel free to substitute any human food that dogs can eat. Here are some examples of foods you can include, as well as foods unsafe for dogs that you should avoid using:

Foods Dogs Can Eat (Safe)	Foods Dogs Cannot Eat (Avoid)
Apples	Avocado
Cantaloupe	Cherries
Mango	Grapes
Oranges	Tomatoes
Peaches	Lemons
Pears	Limes
Pumpkin
Watermelon
Carrots

If your dog doesn’t tolerate yogurt, you can add an extra banana to the recipe and eliminate the yogurt.

How to make homemade dog popsicles

1. Blend together frozen banana, frozen berries, Greek yogurt, and water until smooth.
2. Pour the mixture into popsicle molds, filling about 3/4 full.
3. Sprinkle in about a tablespoon of Wellness CORE Bowl Boosters® Functional Toppers into each popsicle mold.
4. Spoon a dollop of peanut butter into each popsicle mold.
5. Use a butter knife to swirl the Bowl Boosters and peanut butter around in each popsicle.
6. Add the popsicle sticks or stick-shaped treats.
7. Freeze for a minimum of 3 hours, until the popsicles are frozen through.
8. Hold the popsicle for your dog to lick!

Dog popsicles can get messy, so you should let your dog enjoy their popsicle outside or on a hard surface where they can lick up the drippings.

Greek yogurt nutrition benefits

Plain Greek yogurt is a highly nutritious food for humans. Most dogs can tolerate yogurt just fine, and provides nutrition benefits for them when eaten in moderation. Greek yogurt is a high quality source of protein, calcium, and other micronutrients like Vitamin A, Vitamin B12, riboflavin, and pantothenic acid.

Greek yogurt also contains probiotics – good bacteria that live in our guts that have many health benefits. Probiotics aid in digestion, immune function, and can help reduce inflammation.

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