THIS POST CONTAINS DOG PHOTOS! I thought that might get your attention. My dog, Gizmo, has a birthday coming up at the end of the month. I love to celebrate his birthday by spoiling him with special birthday treats, most often homemade cupcakes, which I like to refer to as pupcakes! There are so many different dog-friendly cupcakes (though always check with your vet before giving your dog people-foods) and my dogs like them all. This particular recipe is for Peanut Butter Pumpkin Sweet Potato Pupcakes.
My dogs love peanut butter, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin, so it was easy to pick the ingredients for this recipe. I want to be careful about not giving my dogs too much of anything that might not be great for them (again, please check with your vet) so I used whole wheat flour, 100% pure pumpkin, a real sweet potato that I pureed myself, and most importantly, I used peanut butter with one ingredient: peanuts.
I pureed the sweet potato in a food processor, but you can also probably buy baby food to get sweet potato that is already pureed. Also be sure that you're getting real pumpkin, and not pumpkin pie filling. The peanut butter can be tricky. Peanut butters can have a lot of sugar, salt, artificial sugars, etc. I'm not comfortable giving my dogs foods with lots of sugar and salt so I used Teddie All Natural Smooth Unsalted. I love to use Teddie because it's a local brand here in Massachusetts, but there are tons of peanut butters out there that only use peanuts.
This recipe only needs a bowl and a spoon, and can be ready from start to finish in 20 minutes. It's always the right time to spoil your pups, and they will love these delicious Peanut Butter Pumpkin Sweet Potato Pupcakes which will be extra special because they're made with love!
Do you celebrate your dogs' birthdays? (Full disclosure: something always happens to remind me that Gizmo's birthday is coming up, but my other furbaby, Baxter, somehow always has an overlooked birthday. But don't worry, he's still plenty spoiled!!)
Peanut Butter Pumpkin Sweet Potato Pupcakes
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ¼ cup peanut butter all natural, unsalted (peanuts should be the only ingredient)
- ½ cup sweet potato puree
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- 1 egg
- ½ cup whole wheat flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F and grease mini cupcake pan.
- Combine oil, peanut butter, sweet potato, and pumpkin.
- Mix in egg.
- Stir in flour and baking soda.
- Spoon batter into each greased cup of the cupcake pan.
- Bake 10-15 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool on wire rack, and then reward your good doggos with deliciousness!
Linda says
Thanks for sharing this recipe! My dog loved it and by cutting in in 1/4, it still produced great results and I didn't need to freeze as much ^_^ (she 7lbs, so it had to be a small batch).
Liz says
Oh, I am so happy to hear that, Linda!! This recipe does make a lot so definitely smart to cut it down for a smaller pup!