Decorating cookies is such a great activity during the holiday season, so why not include your dog in the fun? Using only dog-safe ingredients, you can mix up a tasty frosting topper for your pup’s treats. Not only will they absolutely love the flavor and texture, but you’ll make beautiful, photo-worthy creations that are full of holiday spirit.
There are actually many frosting recipes that are safe for dogs. We chose a simple one with plain Greek yogurt as the main ingredient because it contains healthy probiotics, plus tapioca starch, which helps the icing harden. You’ll get about one cup of frosting — and it only takes five minutes to prep!
Ingredients:
1/2 cup cooked tapioca starch (optional: sub cooked potato starch)
1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
3 tablespoons water
Note: This recipe makes white frosting. To add color, we recommend puréeing dog-safe fruits or veggies like cranberries, strawberries, or parsley for natural red or green holiday colors. You can also buy natural food coloring from a health food store. Always check with your veterinarian to be sure it’s safe for your dog to have these ingredients.
Directions:
Place cooked tapioca (or potato) starch and yogurt in a small bowl and combine thoroughly.
Mix in water, a tablespoon at a time, until you get the consistency of frosting.
Get creative with your icing: Make a holiday decoration, write your dog’s name, or just dip BLUE Santa Snacks or BLUE Health Bars into the frosting.
Place on wax paper to let the frosting harden, then serve immediately after. If preparing ahead of time, refrigerate treats before serving for birthdays, holidays, and other celebrations throughout the year. You may even want to leave a few for Santa’s reindeer.
Have fun and enjoy celebrating with your best pal!
Place cooked tapioca (or potato) starch and yogurt in a small bowl and combine thoroughly.Mix in water, a tablespoon at a time, until you get the consistency of frosting. Get creative with your icing: Make a holiday decoration, write your dog's name, or just dip BLUE
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Place yogurt and tapioca starch in a small bowl and thoroughly combine. Mix in milk a teaspoon at a time until consistency of frosting. Decorate or dip the dog treats. Place on wax paper and let dry.
Royal icing mix is the way to go, if you want to decorate your homemade dog treats the easy way! Using royal icing for your homemade dog treats has a number of advantages. Royal icing dries hard and stays hard, will not crack, and it won't melt, even when it's really hot outside.
Please don't. While accidently ingesting a small amount of frosting isn't a problem, frosting can cause tummy troubles for your pup. And in the long-term sugar poses various risks for dogs, including causing metabolic changes.
Place cooked tapioca (or potato) starch and yogurt in a small bowl and combine thoroughly. Mix in water, a tablespoon at a time, until you get the consistency of frosting.
Sugar and artificial materials in Betty Crocker icing are mistaken for puppies in massive amounts. You need to avoid giving your dog this treat on an ordinary basis, especially if he is lactose illiberal. Consider the usage of dog-satisfactory frosting made especially for puppies.
Many spices and herbs can be used to colour your pup's food in a healthy way. You can use turmeric powder for yellows and oranges, spirulina* for greens, and beetroot powder* for pinks and reds.
So if you apply frosting, it dries to a hard shell overnight. It is now set. But, over the next day, the treat is still drying and thus, shrinking. So when the treat shrinks, but the frosting is now a hard shell, simple physics shows that the frosting will get a stress crack.
Feeding your dog sugary foods like frosting or icing in large quantities is not advisable because it can lead to various health issues, including obesity, dental problems, and, in extreme cases, pancreatitis.
Icing or other dessert frostings are extremely high in sugar, which is not good for your dog. Although your dog will not die if they eat a bit of icing, it is not good for them because of the high sugar content.
Even a small amount of cream cheese can be bad for dogs with health concerns. Likewise, if your dog is lactose-intolerant, they should not eat cream cheese. When lactose-intolerant dogs eat cheese, they will likely experience upset stomach, diarrhea, or vomiting.
While cinnamon is not toxic to dogs, you should avoid sharing cinnamon baked goods with your canine companion. The reason for this is that these baked treats like cinnamon rolls, cinnamon bread, cinnamon toast crunch, cookies, and cakes usually contain many different ingredients that can be dangerous to dogs.
Cool Whip uses high fructose corn syrup, which isn't toxic to dogs, but definitely isn't good for them. Sugar-free Cool Whip uses NutraSweet, which is derived from stevia, and is also non-toxic to dogs, but could upset their tummy in large quantities.
Can Meringue Powder or Human Royal Icing be used to decorate Dog Treats? No, No, No. Meringue Powder contains an ingredient called Cream of Tartar which is made from grapes, which are known to cause renal failure in dogs.
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