Peanut Butter Pupcakes
Treat your pup with these dog-friendly cupcakes filled with pumpkin, applesauce and carrots topped with a peanut butter frosting!
<Pupcakes!!!!!
I know.
These look dangerously human-friendly, no?
I mean, if it wasn’t for the Milk Bone garnish, you would never know.
My friend almost took a bite.
Until she saw the bone.
So I had to leave a note by the cupcakes.
A big giant sign.
“NOT FOR HUMANS” it said.
But Butters knew what was up.
He patiently did a pose.
Then devoured.
No wait.
I don’t even think I saw him chew.
Peanut Butter Pupcakes
Treat your pup with these dog-friendly cupcakes filled with pumpkin, applesauce and carrots topped with a peanut butter frosting!
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- ¼ cup old fashioned oats
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 2 carrots, peeled and shredded
For the frosting
- 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
- 6 Milk-Bone biscuits, small
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 6-cup standard muffin tin with paper liners; set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, oats, baking powder, pumpkin, apple sauce, vegetable oil and eggs. Stir in carrots.
- Scoop the batter evenly into the muffin tray. Place into oven and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until a tester inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool completely on a wire rack before frosting.
- In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese and peanut butter.
- Use a small offset spatula or a pastry bag fitted with decorative tip #1M to frost the cupcakes, garnished with Milk-Bone, if desired.
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I love this recipe. I use it for my dogs all the time
Please add a note to check the PB ingredients to make sure it is xylitol free. Some peanut butters contain xylitol and it is toxic to dogs!
Very tasty recipe, I tried it and really liked it. Definitely added to my cookbook
Made these for my pups 2nd Birthday and they were a huge hit! Super simple to make and apparently super tasty. His doggie friends were fighting over them!!
If using mini cupcake pans how long should I cook them for? Our pups are under 10 lbs and I think a reg sized cupcake might be too much. Also can you freeze the batter?
I made these for my Goldens 14th birthday. She loved them. She gulped it down in one bite. I will make them for all our pups birthday. So easy.
I have a picky eater, but she loved this. I did make one change to the icing. Instead of cream cheese, I pureed 1 banana and mixed the peanut butter with it.
Our dogs love them I would love to make them for dog birthday parties
The only one who listened the amount of ingredients to use thanks gave u 5 stars.
So….I doubled the recipe to make a dozen for my dog to share with her friends on her birthday. I made 2 dozen regular sized muffins with the cups full. They were a big hit, but I definitely could have made 10-12 from one batch. Frosting also made a big batch. Thankfully I made that second so I started with the original size and checking before doubling.
It looks wonderful and my dog will in joy the treat for thanksgiving
My dogs love these- they demolished them!
My husky loved this. I baked in an 8inch springform tin for 25 mins in a 150 fan oven. Came out perfect. I subbed mashed banana for pumpkin as that costs a small fortune in the uk. Loved this recipe even more as all ingredients were already in the cupboard/fridge. Awesome recipe
Kait I buy whole pumpkins 99p from Morrisons in autumn peel and cook in microwave or steam them mash it up and freeze it in small batches and defrost as required… like u say pumpkin is expensive in England x
Hey looks amazing! how long do these last please!
My dogs devoured these. I used mini muffin tins and decorated the tops of half with shredded carrot “confetti” on top of the frosting. If you do use minis, I suggest chopping the shredded carrots a bit so they don’t stick up and burn.
Great recipe.
I threw a birthday party for two Frenchies we were boarding, they loved the pupcakes so much! Fairly easy recipe to follow, and frosting is a great consistency!
Made them with slight differences, they turned out great, but my frosting didn’t look like yours hastagged you in my insta post, thank you for sharing xx
i haven’t made these for my 15 year old dog yet. His half bday is today so i wanted to make these. Also could i not use punpkin puree?
I made these for my puppy’s 1st birthday. Beautiful moist healthy cakes. I omitted the oats as I didn’t have any. I made fresh pumpkin purée as it’s hard to find ready made in Oz. I only used one carrot as it seemed to be enough. They came out perfect and my puppy loved it. Thanks for sharing the recipe
I made these and my dog really liked them. But when i made them, it made enough for 8. I also had Extra icing and i put it in a kong. My puppy loved it.