It’s getting hot out there!! During summertime in the South, we’re always on the hunt for ways to keep ourselves and the dogs cool. That means swimming, afternoon naps in the A/C to avoid the hottest part of the day, and refreshing summer treats. Our pups like the frozen dog “ice cream” that they sell at the supermarket, but it’s full of preservatives and a bunch of ingredients that I don’t even know what they are. So, I decided to make my own, better, DIY Dog Ice Cream this year!
It’s cheap, super easy, and the dogs went NUTS for it, so I thought I’d share the recipe with you guys. (If you can even call it that)
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3 Ingredient DIY Dog Ice Cream:
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Quart of Fat Free Greek Yogurt
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2 Bananas
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1 cup of Natural Peanut Butter
The recipe is SUPER easy. I’m not much of a cook, so if I can make it, literally anyone can!
So here’s what you need to do:
Gather Ingredients & Supplies
All you need is a blender and some sort of form for your ice cream. I use a cheaper model Ninja, The Ninja Master Prep, which is only $34.88 on Amazon. It’s cheap and it works great. For the forms, you can use small plastic cups, popsicle molds, an ice cube tray, or even paper dixie cups. Since my dogs are used to eating their ice cream from cups, I picked up some disposable plastic cups with lids for our first test run. You’ll also want a cutting board, a knife to cut up the banana, and a spoon.
Once you have everything together, just follow these super simple steps.
Step 1: Peel & Cut Bananas
Step 2: Throw Everything In the Blender
The full recipe calls for 2 bananas, 1 quart of greek yogurt and about 1 cup of peanut butter. I opted to make two separate batches, so I used our smaller blender container and combined 1 banana, 1/2 of the Greek Yogurt and about a half cup of peanut butter. Depending on how much you want to make, you can do it either way.
Step 3. Blend that bad boy up!
All you have to do it literally throw everything in the blender and go. SUPER quick and easy.
Step 4. Pour into cups and freeze!
I made a half batch, which makes about 4 servings, perfect for my 4 pack of mutts. These are 5.5 oz cups, so about four 4 oz servings. A full batch makes about 8 of these cups. I opted to freeze the “ice cream” for about 1 1/2 – 2 hrs. At this point, it was nice and thick and creamy but not rock solid like Frosty Paws are. Our pups had a hard time with the harder store bought kind and would sometimes get impatient and chew the cups to get it out, so this was the perfect consistency for them. Thick enough to not make a mess, but thin enough to enjoy it easily.
Step 5: Watch them go crazy for their DIY Dog Ice Cream!
I think it’s safe to say the dogs were a LITTLE excited for their ice cream! LOL
I think these videos say it all…
Roxie loved it so much that she licked her bowl clean.. and Boomer’s, and Helo’s, and Ringo’s…
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Thanks for reading!
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I’ll try it even though my dog Victor isn’t crazy about bananas .. he does love peanut butter though. I’m planning to try (and post about) the Puppy Cake ice cream I picked up at Blog Paws soon.
Our dogs aren’t crazy about actual bananas either. I think it may be the texture? I’m not sure. BUT they went absolutely nuts for this stuff. I hope Victor likes it too. Let me know if you make it and how it goes over! I look forward to checking out your Puppy Cake ice cream post too!
This sounds great! My daughter has a peanut allergy so we (and hence the dog) are nut-free. Is there a peanut butter alternative dogs can have? For instance “no nut butter” which is golden peas? I know dogs cant have some human foods. Thanks in advance for any tips!
Absolutely! I just did some quick googling and according to the interweb, the following peanut butter substitutes are safe for dogs. Almond Butter,
Cashew Butter,Sunflower Seed Butter, Sesame Seed Butter & Pumpkin Seed Butter! As with anything else, I always advise people to do their own research and chat with their vet before giving their dog a new food if they have any reservations whatsoever. I bet this recipe would be super tasty for your daughter AND your pup with a peanut alternative!
Made this tonight and they licked the bowl clean! A winner in my house. 👍🏼
I am so happy to hear it! My dogs go crazy for this as well. Thanks for your comment!
Love this recipe. What kind of blender do you use though? Any blender I tried just “dies” trying to process things without enough liquid with them.
I have an entry level Ninja. The Ninja Master Prep. It’s served us well and it was under $40 on Amazon. It whipped this up with no trouble at all!
Nom nom nom. Looks delicious even for us without paws. I’ve tried a similar recipe with my Nutribullet. Tastes like dessert!
That’s what I was thinking as I was making it too! I don’t like banana, so the next batch I’m doing with other fruits to I can partake in the fun! 🙂
I’ll have to try this! Love recipes that are quick and easy!
It was super easy! I made a second batch as ice cream pops too 🙂
My hubby made this for our super picky hound & she loves it! A possible alternative to bananas would be applesauce (unsweetened & without cinnamon). A possible alternative to peanut butter would be over-cooked white rice. Both substitutions should combine just fine in a blender.
I’m so happy to hear that your hound loved this ice cream recipe!! I love the substitution ideas as well. Thanks for reading!
That looks like such an easy treat for dogs. I’m glad they loved it.
Thanks! They sure did. We made a batch into ice cream popsicles this weekend. It was pretty adorable to watch them eat them 🙂 Thanks for checking out our recipe!
Layla is crazy about Greek Yoghurt or Labane (Lebanese cheese) which I give her a lot of and I freeze for her but am going to try fruits in them too now, not sure about peanut butter as she does not like peanut butter treats of any kind and I personally do not like it either LOL. But the fruits for definite yes, she only eats fruity treat cookies all the time – peach, apple, coconut, banana, etc.
Ooh, we’ve never tried Labane.. I’ll have to look into that. I bet Layla would love something like this then, even sans peanut butter. Our next batch is going to be greek yogurt and berries. I’m thinking strawberries and blueberries (for a 4th of July treat!) I’m planning on adding some coconut oil or coconut water in a future batch too. Thanks for checking out our post!
These treats sound delicious and easy. Have you ever eaten the treats you’ve made for your dogs? This icecream sounds like something I would eat.
I haven’t yet, only because I’ve been using banana and I REALLY dislike banana… lol. But the next batch won’t have any banana, so I plan to share it with the pups! Thanks for checking out our recipe!
Yummy and easy! This is a must-make recipe I’ll be trying for Gonzo and Beau this summer.
It’s SUPER easy and so much better for them than store bought crap. We did a second batch as ice cream pops too, which was pretty funny to watch them eat.. HAHA. I bet Gonzo and Beau will love this ice cream treat too. Thanks for stopping by!
Thank you so much for sharing! I love this recipe since we already have all these ingredients in our house. I’m going to have my mom make this and freeze them in our paw shape molds!
That makes it even better! I love when you already have the ingredients for something on hand. Our dogs went crazy for this ice cream recipe. I bet Spencer will too! 🙂 We just ordered some paw and bone shaped molds. SO excited for them to come in. Thanks for reading!
Yes! Perfect! I know my dogs would love this. I hadn’t thought of adding peanut butter to the mix but that would be a fantastic addition. I’m getting more ice trays as well so I can have small treats for them as well. Thanks for this!
Happy to share! Our dogs went crazy for it and it was SOO super easy. They love peanut butter more than life itself, so I just had to throw some in there. We made ice cream pops with this same recipe this weekend and it worked perfect. Just ordered some molds to make smaller treats too, in paw and bone shapes. 🙂 Hope your dogs love it! Let us know what they think 🙂
I love super simple DIY recipes like this! Peanut butter & bananas are Phoebe’s favorite ingredients. Thanks for sharing!
Love & Biscuits,
Dogs Luv Us and We Luv Them
They’re some of our dogs’ favorite ingredients too! This was so easy and they liked it so much that I’m really excited to come up with some more fun treat recipes. Thanks for reading!
This looks like something that people will like too! I’m never quite sure if my dogs tolerate dairy well, but I guess that many dogs do,
I’m making the next batch with a different fruit so I can try this too. If I liked bananas, I definitely would have eaten some, it looked pretty delicious! Our dogs don’t have issues with dairy, but you can also substitute lactose free yogurt or coconut milk products. I’m thinking about experimenting with coconut milk next.
Delicious idea! Your dogs look so happy. They must be thrilled that it is warm enough to bring out the ice cream treats again. I wish cats could have yummy treats like this! I guess we’ll have to stick to frozen tuna juice and catnip iced tea.
Oh, they LOVE when it’s warm enough for the ice cream to come out!! hehe! They love this recipe even more than any of the store bought stuff we’ve tried too, so now they get extra excited.
I’ve seen a few DIY cat treat ideas on Pinterest before. Frozen tuna juice sounds like it would be a bit hit for sure, if nothing else. My cat is salivating as I write this! 🙂
For anyone who has a lactose intolerant pup like mine … replace the yogurt with thick coconut milk (can not the milk replacement). It’s creamy, smooth and gives the dogs that good plant based fat (good fats).
Great idea! I’m making another frozen treat for 4th of July that uses coconut milk instead of dairy. My pups aren’t sensitive to lactose, thankfully, so this was a big hit. Thanks for reading!
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I’m gonna try this, but I want to freeze it in her kongs. That way she has to take her time.
Great idea! That’s what I’m going to do next time too. My dogs love frozen peanut butter Kongs. Ice cream ones would be even better for summertime 😊 Hope your pup loves the recipe!
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These are great easy to make l used ice cube trays my dogs (4)
Loves them l bought yougurt with honey what a great treat for them
Ice cube trays is a great idea! I may have to do some that way too so I can more easily portion out how much each of my pups get. I love this easy summertime treat! SO happy to hear that your dogs love it too!
My little mutt is diabetic so the banana is out. Instead I use a small jar of organic baby food, today’s flavor is pumpkin. Then I just add the yogurt and peanut butter and freeze in small silicone muffin forms – reusable and durable. She loves it! She licks it like the cows used lick salt blocks on the farm 😁 Thanks for posting. I’ll have to try stuffing the kong next.
That’s a great idea about the muffin forms! So smart. I love the baby food idea for your diabetic pup too. I bet he loves his treats! Good luck with the Kong, I bet he’ll go crazy for it. Thanks for reading 🙂
My dogs love this stuff. I can’t wait to try some of the other treat recipes. One major question, I have two cats and they LOVE to try to get to what the dogs have (they even eat the dog kibble) does anyone know if this is safe for cats? Thanks y’all!!!
Thanks for sharing! Does it keep long?
I’ve kept it in the freezer for a month or so at a time. As long as you keep it frozen, I’ve never had any issues. 🙂
Really awesome Meal .
Does it work for dog healthy Life… Getting More sugar , dog may be Sick
This is definitely more of an occasional special treat and by no means a meal. There is sugar in it, but not a whole lot. As long as given sparingly, it’s more than healthy enough in my opinion. My dogs love this special treat when it’s extra hot outside.
Hey want to try this but was wondering can I use Jeffy peanut butter thanks
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