16 Homemade Dog Treat Recipes that are Easy to Make at Home

These simple dog treat recipes are easy to make and dogs love them even more than those expensive store-bought doggie treats. Making homemade dog treats will not only save you money, but are healthier for your pup than those you buy at the store. Oh! DIY dog treats are a fun way to include your furry family member into kitchen cooking.

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Homemade Dog Treats for Your Furry Friends

A simple recipe, simple ingredients a few minutes filled with much love can make healthy homemade dog treats for your fur baby even if they have sensitive tummy issues or are a picky eater.

Here are my favorite dog treat recipes that dog lovers can use to make the best homemade dog treats for their canine companions.

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Best Easy Homemade Dog Treats Recipes

1. Pup-sicles Treat Recipe

frozen pup popsicle recipe from Love and Marriage Blog - blue ice cube tray filled with frozen chicken broth and a milk bone dog treat. — Homemade doggie popsicles!

These two ingredient pup-sicles will definitely cool your dog down on a hot day and the awesome thing about them, is that you probably already have the ingredients via Love and Marriage! The ingredients include chicken broth or other meat broth and a dog biscuit. Easy peasy!

2. Dog’s Frozen Chicken Treat

2 ingredient frozen chicken dog treat recipe - two healthy kitchens - first picture is making the chicken dog treats and second has jack russell terrier jumping for homemade dog treat — DIY chicken dog treats that your dog will dance for!

Use any leftover chicken to make this frozen chicken treat your dogs will go crazy for via Two Healthy Kitchens! You can make this dog treat recipe with finely chopped chicken and nonfat plain Greek yogurt in the perfect size for your pooch whether that is smaller pieces or different sizes depending on your dog’s weight.

3. DIY Pumpkin Pupsicles

pumpkin dog treats shown being given to a german shepherd in the yard — Even dogs love pumpkin in the fall…

It doesn’t have to be October for your furry friend to enjoy these frozen pumpkin pupsicles via Simplistically Living. I think these homemade pumpkin dog treats made from leftover pumpkin puree would make the cutest autumn gift for your favorite dog owner with these wrapped up in a little gift bag.

4. Homemade Puppy Peanut Butter and Banana Bites Treats

yogurt peanut butter banana dog treats recipe from Cooking with Janica - paw shaped dog treat shown in mold — I love those cute puppy paw print shaped dog treats!

These peanut butter and banana bites are a healthy treat for your dogs via Cooking with Janica. I love to use natural peanut butter as one of the healthy ingredients without artificial sweeteners in my own dog treats.

14 DIY Dog Treats for Your Furry Friend — These look so fun and dog yummy!

5. Watermelon Pupsicles Dog Treat Recipe

Your dog will love these watermelon pupsicles in the summer. These treats are perfect to help cool your furry pal down via GrrFeisty (no longer available).

6. Watermelon Bites for Pups

Or these watermelon bites with coconut water. These are fresh, slightly sweet, and a great way to help keep your pet hydrated in the summer via Huffington Post. The 3 ingredients are seedless watermelon, coconut milk or coconut water and honey mixed in a small bowl. So simple you may whip up a second batch !

7. Let’s Make Dog Donuts

Even dogs love donuts! Don’t worry they’re not sugar filled treats that will hurt your pups tummy, this great recipe is healthy via Fake Ginger and will remind your pup of human food.

8. Peanut Butter Bacon Dog Biscuits Recipe

This treat combines two of every dogs favorite things: peanut butter and bacon via Sally’s Baking Addiction! I just love new recipes that combine historic favorite ingredients. Grab a cup of peanut butter, nonfat milk, egg or applesauce, whole wheat flour, baking powder, old-fashioned oats and some cooked bacon and let’s bake a yummy dog biscuit recipe!

9. Homemade Frozen Strawberry and Banana Smoothie Dog Treats

These frozen strawberry and banana smoothie treats are nutritious and delicious. Perfect for your furry little friend via The Cottage Market!

10. Sweet Potato Dog Treats Recipe

Grain-free sweet potato dog treats, so yummy via The Healthy Maven! These golden brown low ingredient dog treats are quick to make and look lovely saved in an airtight container.

11. Pumpkin, Peanut Butter, Cinnamon Dog Treats

Flavors your dogs will love; pumpkin, peanut butter, and cinnamon. Make these sweet dog treats! via Dog Treat Kitchen

12. DIY Pumpkin and Apple Dog Treats

These pumpkin and apple dog treats popular recipe will be very loved by your pet via Fake Ginger!

13. Let’s Make Adorable Pupcakes

For your dogs birthday, make these adorable pupcakes! This dog treat recipe turns out so cute! They’re little paws and your pet will LOVE them via 12 Tomatoes.

14. Easy Sweet Potato Dog Biscuit Recipe

These sweet potato biscuits are a much healthier alternative to boxed treats. Plus, sweet potato is so good for your pet. You could even substitute the sweet potato with pumpkin as well via It Doesn’t Taste Like Chicken.

15. Doggie Fresh Breath Treats

Every dog needs a breath mint, so make them these fresh breath treats! Don’t worry, this is safe for animals and use nothing, but fresh ingredients. via Dog Vills

16. Kid-Made Dog Crackers Recipe

This easy baking activity for kids makes homemade dog treats with a simple recipe including chicken stock or beef stock, a little flour, milk powder and some yeast.

Bow Wow Bistro Gourmet Dog Treat Maker

Dog Treat Maker for Gourmet Dog Treats - image from Amazon — This cook dog treat maker helps make bone shaped dog treats easily!

You can also check out the Bow Wow Bistro – this little gadget cooks homemade dog biscuits quick! Which is great, while we want our furry friends to be healthy and happy, we need to be able to make these diy dog treats fairly quickly. It can:

Bake 10 bone shaped treats at the same time
Has nonstick baking plates for dog treats
Includes a bone shaped dough cutter
Has a latching lid
Bakes dog treats formed to easily add fillings

Don’t Have Time to Make Homemade Dog Treats?

Here are a few of our favorite gourmet dog treats that are almost homemade! In fact, to be honest, several of these look WAY better than my homemade dog treats do…

Rachael Ray Nutrish Soup Bones Longer Lasting Dog Treat Chews come in different sizes and several doggie flavors sure to please.
Wufers Doggie Donut Dog Cookie Box has handmade hand-decorated dog treats packaged in a dog gift box made with locally sourced ingredients.
Claudia’s Canine Cuisine Gift Assortment Dog Cookie Box is made with human-grade ingredients, no preservatives, no animal by-products, no fillers and dogs love them!
Three Dog Bakery Lick’n Crunch Sandwich Cookies are golden and vanilla flavor premium treats for dogs just like the ones you would bake yourself.

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Which homemade dog treat recipe was your favorite? Which will you bake first?