Yogurt and Berry Frozen Dog Treats
Two ingredients and a freezer. Plain yogurt swirled with berries and frozen in molds, for the dog who believes summer is a personal insult.
Safety Snapshot — every ingredient, checked
- Yogurt — Safe · plain and unsweetened only. Flavoured yogurts hide sugar and sometimes xylitol
- Strawberries — Safe · washed, hulled, and chopped
- Blueberries — Safe
Recipe Index Card
◷ 10 min
YIELDS 12
Easy
Ingredients
- 1 cup plain yogurt, unsweetened, with no xylitol
- 1/2 cup mixed berries, strawberries hulled and chopped, blueberries whole
Method
- Check the yogurt label before anything else. Plain, unsweetened, and no xylitol, also sold as birch sugar. This check is the recipe.
- Fold the berries through the yogurt, crushing a few strawberries against the side of the bowl to streak it pink.
- Spoon into silicone molds, ice cube trays, or a lined muffin tin.
- Freeze for at least 4 hours, until solid all the way through.
- Pop them out and serve straight from the freezer, ideally outside or on a washable floor.
12 treats
Yield
about 14¢
Cost Per Treat
10 min
Active Time
The whole recipe is a bowl, a spoon, and patience. What comes out of the freezer is a cold, tangy, berry studded treat that slows down even a fast eater, because nobody can inhale ice cream.
A note on dairy: most dogs handle plain yogurt well because the cultures do much of the lactose work in advance. A dog who has never had it gets one small treat first, and you watch the belly before the second.
Storage
- In the freezer in a sealed container or bag: up to 2 months
Serve them frozen. A thawed one is just yogurt in a puddle, and the puddle will be on your floor.
Serving by dog size
- Small dogs: 1 small mold or half a large one
- Medium dogs: 1 treat
- Large dogs: up to 2 treats
Frozen treats count in the daily treat budget like everything else, inside 10 percent of daily calories.