Treat your favorite four-legged fur baby to these easy and delicious Peanut Butter Banana Pupcakes!
Today is this sweet boy’s birthday!
Every year, we do something special for Watson’s birthday, whether it’s baking homemade dog biscuits or taking him to the dog bakery to pick out his own birthday cake. Since I have a tiny sous chef these days, we chose to bake some homemade “pupcakes” for our favorite furry boy this year. Not only did Watson devour them, it was a fun little toddler activity too!
Do yourself a favor and either buy the shredded carrots in a bag, or at least shred full-size carrots (not baby carrots!). Save your fingers. Doh!
Okay, so you basically just mix the wet and dry ingredients separately, then combine them. So easy, even a 3-year-old can do it (I did the carrot-shredding part. No toddler fingers were harmed in the making of this baking extravaganza)!
After you’re done mixing everything together, don’t forget to let your pup lick the spoon!
Then just fill each lined cupcake tin about 2/3 full:
Pop ’em in a 350º F oven for about 15-20 minutes. Here’s what they looked like after baking for 18 minutes:
Then you can opt to frost them (your pup will thank me) or not (your pup probably won’t know the difference). I just spooned some creamy peanut butter into a piping bag fitted with a 2D Wilton icing tip and voila:
Looks good enough to eat! I took a little nibble and they’re not bad, just not as sweet as a regular people-food cupcake. Now witness some real willpower:
Also, be sure to remove the paper liner before giving the cupcake to your pup. I’m speaking from experience here. That thing will disappear faster than you can say, “Wait, Watson! Don’t eat the paper!” Gulp. Gone. Oops. Welp, it’s safe to say he loved it!
What a sweet boy. Happy birthday, Watson! We love this guy more than words can say.
PrintPeanut Butter Banana Pupcakes
Treat your favorite four-legged fur baby with these yummy Peanut Butter Banana Cupcakes “pupcakes”
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dog Food
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- 1 banana
- 1/3 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup carrots, shredded
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/3 cup 1-minute oats
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- creamy peanut butter, for frosting
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350º F and line a cupcake tin with paper liners.
- Combine the egg, banana, carrots, peanut butter, oil, honey, and vanilla in a large bowl.
- Mix the flour, baking soda, and oats in another large bowl.
- Combine the wet and dry ingredients together.
- Fill the cupcake liners about 2/3 full.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes.
- Frost with creamy peanut butter (optional).
Like this post? Here’s another homemade dog treat recipe that was a hit:
I’ve been told the human peanut butter isn’t good for dogs. I know this is an older blog post, but I just thought I would mention it!
Thanks Carol! As long as the peanut butter doesn’t have xylitol in it, you should be good!
Its not no. Ive used peamutt butter which is for dogs and takes out all the harmful stuff “human” peanut butter has.
It’s only if it has xylitol in it so just be wary of that! I just buy the sanitarium peanut butter or some other I can’t think of, and it’s literally just peanuts and salt! ☺️
This look so good! What a fun project to make with kids!
Thanks for sharing! How far ahead of time can I make them?
Hi,
These look wonderful! I have no experience with baking much, but I would like to try to make these for my sister’s pup whose birthday is coming up. I’d like to know if it’s possible to substitute unsweetened applesauce for the oil, and if it can be baked as a cake instead of muffins. If it can, would you know how long it should be in the oven for and if the temperature needs to be adjusted?
Don’t use vanilla extract it’s toxic to dogs
Vanilla extract, as long as it is cooked/baked is safe for dogs
How many pupcakes did this recipe make? Thanks.
It made 5 muffins so I’m gunna guess about 8 cupcakes?
I made this for my dogs 2nd birthday and it was a hit! Making them again for another doggy’s birthday 🙂
They were wonderful!I made them for her party at her Day Care!
★★★★★
I am going to make these for my baby’s birthday party. That way the humans can eat them also and see what their babies are eating. I was wondering if I could leave the carrots out. Would it affect the consistency?? And can I substitute applesauce for the oil?