Frozen Pupsicles for Hot Days
Watermelon and yogurt frozen into pupsicles with a carrot stick handle. The treat that gets a hot dog through the worst afternoon of August.
Safety Snapshot — every ingredient, checked
- Watermelon — Safe · flesh only. Seeds come out and the rind never goes in, since rind is hard to digest and a blockage risk in chunks
- Yogurt — Safe · plain and unsweetened only, label checked for xylitol
- Carrot — Safe · the handle is edible, and most dogs save it for last like a prize
Recipe Index Card
◷ 15 min
YIELDS 8
Easy
Ingredients
- 2 cups seedless watermelon flesh, rind removed, blended smooth
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt, unsweetened, with no xylitol
- 8 baby carrots, for handles
Method
- Blend the watermelon flesh until it pours like juice. Pick out any pale seeds the seedless melon hid anyway.
- Swirl the yogurt through the watermelon in a jug. A marbled pour looks best and tastes the same, so do not overthink it.
- Pour into paper cups, molds, or a muffin tin, filling each about three quarters full.
- Stand a baby carrot in the middle of each as a handle. It does not need to be straight. Dogs have never once complained.
- Freeze for at least 5 hours, until rock solid. Peel off the cup and serve outside.
8 pupsicles
Yield
about 16¢
Cost Per Treat
15 min
Active Time
Every dog owner knows the August face: flat on the cool floor, tongue out, deeply disappointed in the weather. Pupsicles are the answer we can actually deliver. Cold, hydrating, and slow to eat, which is the whole point.
Serve them outside or on tile. A pupsicle eaten on a rug becomes a pink rug with a story, and the story is your fault.
Storage
- In the freezer in a sealed container: up to 2 months
Serving by dog size
- Small dogs: share one pupsicle, or freeze a batch in ice cube trays for single servings
- Medium dogs: 1 pupsicle
- Large dogs: 1 pupsicle, 2 on a genuinely brutal day
Stay near while they eat, and take away the last sliver if your dog is the type to swallow the end whole.