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:
This cracked me up when I saw it on IG. You guys crack me up. Happy Birthday, Watson!
Made these for Wally’s 1st birthday. He absolutely loved them, and so did all his friends!! Thx for the great recipe. p.s. substituted organic white whole wheat flour for regular whole wheat. Same nutrition but pupcakes were nice and light. 🙂
Made these today for Kona’s birthday. He and his brother, Dude, loved them!! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Yay! You’re welcome!
I made these for my dog, Pupcake’s birthday. He LOVED them so much, he was staring at the pupcake wrapper hungrily ?. I had a little nibble, and they’re not bad! Thanks so much!
I just made these, and they are pup approved!!
http://www.lilyandwes.com/2014/12/coopers-1st-birthday.html
Woohoo! Glad to hear!
How many pupcakes does this recipe make?
It makes a dozen!
This recipe is just amazing!!! I used to make cupcakes for my youngest son Simmy for his 2nd birthday, he and his brother Zeus gobbled them down whole. I also made a batch to share with my co-workers and their fellow fur babies. They were a huge hit, even those fur babies that were picky – loved them. I did how ever add some lowfat cream cheese and some canola oil to the peanut for the frosting! Thanks again, i have tried many recipes and this is one that i will be making on a regular basis….oh and they even licked the spoon 😉
Awesome, so great to hear! Thank you!
I think I will be making these for my litter’s 1st birthday celebration party in July. Looking forward to seeing the happy puppies enjoy their day with their first home. 🙂
How fun! Thanks for stopping by Amanda!
Don’t know if this is a silly questions but do you think it would bake well just as a cake instead of cupcakes?
Great recipe!!!! I started looking for cupcakes that my daughter can make for our dogs 1st birthday. This was meant to be when I saw your pictures!!! Our dog is a Ridgeback too!!!!!!! =)
Thank you for the recipe. I will be making these tomorrow for our dogs first birthday 🙂
Love your site and love for dogs. I have Doxies and I make these in little muffin size. I use 1/2cup Organic Apple sauce no sugar added and omit the honey and oil. They love them.
It’s our pup’s 8th birthday so we thought we’d try your pup cakes. If only I can send you a video of her behavior. I’ll have to give you a visual. The pup cakes are cooling on the rack, and she’s laying down on her tummy with her back paws stretched far back and her head up staring at the pup cakes and softly crying for one. She KNOWS it’s for her. What a brat! Thank you so much for the recipe. She thanks you too!
Haha love it! So glad your pup enjoyed them! Thanks for sharing!
The cakes are wonderful thank you…..Watson needs to have his nails trimmed.
These sound great but my princess has allergies. She can’t have the egg or carrots. Any suggestions. Thanks
Hi Karen,
I haven’t tried it myself, but I’ve heard you can substitute eggs with applesauce and just leave out the carrots. Hope that helps!
I made these with almond butter and almond extract. My Dachshund loved his birthday pupcake!!
Hi Jen,
Just wanted to let you know we included your recipe in our round-up of all the best dog cakes we could find 🙂 You can check it out here: http://www.playbarkrun.com/14-dog-birthday-cake-cupcake-homemade-recipes/
Hopefully thats okay 🙂
Thanks for the recipe!
-Shayla
Is all purpose flour safe to use?
Can you make large cakes out of this recipe?
awesome!! thanks for the recipe will definitely have to check it out.
joy @ The Joyous Living
These are delicious! My pup loves them and so do I. Love having a good item that I can share with her for a treat. I left out the vanilla extract since it contains alcohol that may not all evaporate out during cooking. I also substituted apple sauce instead of the vegetable oil.
Thanks for the recipe!!
Hello- Do you think I could omit the oats and it would still work the same?
Thanks for the great recipe. I made these today for my schnauzer’s 8 th Birthday. You didn’t mention that these were also for people to eat but they sure taste delicious. I have no idea what creamy peanut butter is? It sounds very American, I assume it is an off-the-shelf brand of peanut butter available in your country. I am in Australia. No problem, I mixed a combination of peanut butter, low fat cream cheese and honey for the icing and it tasted pretty good.
I rated your recipe 5 stars but my apologies as my above review kept insisting on giving you 1 star for some reason?
Made these pupcakes for Rocco’s first birthday couple of weeks ago. He thoroughly participated in the preparation – aka licking – process. And OMG he loooooved the final product lol! And so did his pawdaddy :))) Making another batch today on the request of the pawdaddy 😉 Thanks a lot for this recipe, it is definitely a big hit in our family 🙂
These are the best! I made them for my next door neighbor’s dog for her first birthday.
All her canine friends loved them and so did any human that tasted them. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Thanks for the great review! So glad to hear the fur-babies loved them!
Thanks for sharing! Do they keep long?
HI, I was wondering how do you store these cupcakes, I don’t want my dog to have all of them in one day lol so can i put these in the fridge or just stick them in a container and give them to him later
Hi Evelyn,
We’ve stored them in an airtight container out on the counter, but they never last more than a day! You can also store them in the fridge if you’d like.
Recipe is great. I Can’t imagine letting my fur babies lick the beater and use it again. I’ve seen them lick nazty things. To each his own.
Thanks for your sharing.
Hey can I leave out the honey?
Can I use this recipe without the carrots?
Thanks 🙂
Can I use this recipe without the oats?
Thanks 🙂
What a great adventure. Loki is 6 today. His dads are deployed. He got to come in the kitchen, taste approve each ingredient and laid in front of the oven waiting…they look and smell GREAT!
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!
I made for my pups 1 Birthday and she loved them and so did my other pup. I will definitely make them again
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! ☺️
My dogs eat peanut butter in their kongs and they are fine
Use only natural peanut butter.
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
Alcohol evaporates when heated cooked or baked. This is the best recipe ever with honey sweetener.Best cupcakes I have ever made.
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?