Triple Threat Halloween Dog Treat Recipe

Halloween is right around the corner!  The Paw Pack doesn’t historically do too much to celebrate Halloween.  It’s a fun holiday, but we live in a very rural area and don’t get any trick-or-treaters to our house.  This year we put up a few Halloween decorations and have been watching some scary movies, but that’ll probably be the extent of our celebrations.  I doubt I’ll bother dressing the dogs up this year.  But, in the spirit of not being a complete Halloween humbug, I do normally spend some time making my two dogs Halloween themed dog treats!

This isn’t my first Halloween-inspired dog treat recipe, you can find another one here: Homemade Halloween Treats for Your Dog.

But why have one Halloween themed dog treat recipe when you could have two!?

This recipe was inspired by candy corn, that Halloween treats that everyone loves to hate.  However, the treats I made didn’t end up looking as much like candy corn as I had initially planned.  Oh, and my dogs really like the treats, unlike most people and candy corn!

Perhaps they like them a little too much.  After baking them I put the treats out to cool on a paper towel on our kitchen counter.  I left the kitchen to get a bit of work done before taking pictures for this post, then I heard a weird sound coming from the kitchen.  I went in to check what was going on to discover that Fen, much to Kit’s delight, had pulled the paper towel, and all the treats with it, off the counter and onto the floor.  Sigh.  I should know better by now than to leave food out on the counter unsupervised.  Fen may be tiny, but his food theft game is on point.

This recipe was originally created/posted in October of 2017.  

Anyways, without further ado, I introduce to you, dear dog owners, the Halloween Triple Threat – Banana, honey, and peanut butter dog treats…

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 cups flour (plus extra)
• 1 cup water
• Half of a banana (yes, bananas are dog safe!)
• 2 teaspoons of honey (honey is dog safe too)
• 2 heaping teaspoons of dog safe peanut butter (and so is peanut butter!)
• Food coloring (optional)

Instructions:

1. This is easy!  Just mix your 2 1/2 cups flour and 1cup of warm water together in a large bowl.  The resulting blob should be a bit dry and flaky.  That’s ok, we’ll fix that soon!
2. Separate your blob into three equal, smaller blobs.
3. Take your first blob and add 1/2 of a peeled banana, plus food coloring if desired.  Mix, mix, mix!  Here is where you might require extra flour.  Add as necessary.  You want your blob to be dry enough that you can roll it out on your table without it sticking.
4. Set aside your banana blob and take a second, unflavored blob.  To this one add 2 teaspoons (more or less as desired) of honey and a different color food coloring (if desired) and mix it all together.  Again, you may need to add a bit of additional flour here to get your blob to the right consistency.
5. Last blob!  To this one add 2 heaping teaspoons (more or less as desired) of dog safe peanut butter.  Again with the extra flour, you know the drill by now.
6. This part is fun.  On a clean table roll out each of your three different flavored blobs.  Try to roll them out to roughly the same size – the longer/thinner your blob rolls the smaller your final treats will be.
7. Once you have all three blobs rolled out (I guess they aren’t really blobs anymore?)  You’re going to line them up then twist them together.  Get creative if you want.
8. Use a knife (carefully) to cut your dough snake into small, bite sized treats.  Place your treats onto a lightly floured baking sheet.
9. Bake your treats at 350*F for 20 minutes.  Keep an eye on them, you may need to bake them for more or less time depending on how small you made your treats or how crunchy/soft you want to make them.
10. This is the best step!  Let your treats cool then it’s taste test time!  Uh…I advise you leave this step to the dogs, although I guess you could taste them too if you’d like.

Oh and, you know, maybe make sure you lay them out to cool somewhere your dog can’t reach.  Learn from my mistakes!

Both my puppers really like these treats.  If you make these, I’d love to hear about how they came out and what your dog(s) think!  Comment below!  Kit, Fen, and I hope that everyone has a safe, fun, and tasty Halloween!