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    Flour de Liz » Recipes » For the Pup

    Published: Mar 12, 2020 · Modified: Nov 14, 2020 by Liz Pollio · 2 Comments

    Peanut Butter Pumpkin Sweet Potato Pupcakes

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    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.

    Small Yorkie Chihuahua mix dog about to eat a peanut butter pumpkin sweet potato pupcake off of a marbled surface
    Gizmo was an excellent taste tester!

    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.

    Peanut Butter Pumpkin Sweet Potato Pupcakes in a pile in the top left corner with a rose gold spoon filled with peanut butter in the bottom right corner with the handle going out toward the upper right corner, all on a marbled surface

    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.

    Photo of a dog staring off to the bottom left
    Baxter has his eye on the Pupcake that I won't let him eat yet!

    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!

    a pile of peanut butter pumpkin sweet potato pupcakes with a stack of four pupcakes falling over into the pile

    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!!)

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    Peanut Butter Pumpkin Sweet Potato Pupcakes stacked on top of a gold wire rack on top of a marbled surface
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    5 from 2 votes

    Peanut Butter Pumpkin Sweet Potato Pupcakes

    Prep Time5 minutes mins
    Cook Time10 minutes mins
    Total Time15 minutes mins
    Servings: 24 Mini 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!

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    1. Linda says

      November 13, 2021 at 10:25 am

      5 stars
      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).

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      • Liz says

        November 14, 2021 at 9:31 pm

        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!

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