Celebrate National Dessert Day with this Puppy Parfait Recipe

On October 14th, we get to celebrate National Dessert Day! Who doesn’t love a sweet treat every once in a while? To help all of you celebrate with your pups, we wanted to share this paw-fect puppy autumn parfait recipe!

What you’ll need:

• Small, plastic or paper cups (clear plastic shows the fancy layers) that hold between ½ and 1 cup of food
• Canned pumpkin, sweet potato, applesauce, or mashed banana (no sugar added)
• Plain, nonfat/low fat Greek yogurt (no sugar added)
• Your pup’s favorite dog biscuits
  • We love Whole Paws Peanut Butter Biscuits
• Whipped cream (or whipped cream cheese)
• Small, soft or freeze-dried treats for garnish
  • We love Vital Essentials Freeze-Dried Turkey Giblets

Put it together:

• Start by crushing your dog’s favorite biscuit into small pieces
  • Try placing these in a baggie and crushing with a rolling pin
• Create a layer of crushed dog biscuit in the cups, just enough to cover the bottom
• Spoon 2-3 TBS of your pumpkin (or other mashed fruit or veggie of choice) over top of the crushed biscuits and smooth with the spoon
• Create your next layer with 2-3TBS of yogurt
• Keep layering in this pattern until the cup is full
• Top with whipped cream and sprinkle with a few soft or freeze-dried treats!

Notes:

• You can make multiple of these at once if you have several pups in the house or scale the size based on your pup's size.
• Remember when avoiding added sugar that this means ALL types of sugar including synthetic, natural, or sugar substitutes.
• You could also mix the yogurt with your choice of fruit or veggie as a swirl!
• These can also be covered and frozen for future use or put into a Kong toy.
• Make sure pups are supervised if you use plastic cups to ensure they don’t chew them up.