DIY Homemade Dog Treats: 900 Treats for Under $3!
- Mattison Simpson
- Feb 18, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: Jul 4
If you love spoiling your dog but want to keep costs low, this DIY homemade dog treat recipe is a game-changer! With simple ingredients and an easy process, you can bake 900 one-calorie dog treats for under $3. This is my budget-friendly, healthy alternative to store-bought treats.
Why Make Homemade Dog Treats?
Affordable: Making DIY dog treats for under $3 saves you money without compromising quality.
Healthy Ingredients: No artificial additives - just wholesome, dog-friendly ingredients.
Easy to Make: With a quick prep time and minimal effort, you’ll have enough treats to last for weeks.
You can watch the entire process in these YouTube videos to see how easy it is:
DIY Dog Treat Recipe
Ingredients:
1 duck egg (or regular chicken egg)
1 cup tapioca flour
¼ cup peanut butter (ensure it’s xylitol-free!)
½ cup unsweetened applesauce (or pumpkin puree)
¼-⅓ cup water (adjust for consistency)
Instructions:
Preheat Oven to 375°F.
Mix Ingredients: In a bowl, whisk the egg, applesauce, peanut butter, and water until well combined.
Add Tapioca Flour: Stir in the tapioca flour and mix until you reach a pancake batter-like consistency.
Fill the Molds: Pour half the batter into silicone molds, spreading evenly.
Bake: Place molds in the oven and bake for 25-35 minutes, until treats begin to pull away from the mold edges.
Cool & Release: Let treats cool before flipping the mold to pop them out.
Toss in Flour (Optional): Lightly coat the treats in tapioca flour to absorb excess moisture.
Store Properly: Keep in an airtight glass container for freshness.
DIY Homemade dog treats: Cost & Nutritional Info
Using the silicone molds purchased from Amazon, this recipe made approximately 900 treats at a total cost of $2.84. Each treat contains 1.14 calories, making them perfect for training rewards or light snacks.
Why This Recipe Works
✔ Grain-Free Option (Tapioca flour is easy on digestion)
✔ Budget-Friendly
✔ One-Calorie Treats for Frequent Rewards
✔ Safe & Healthy Ingredients
Storage Tips
Refrigerate: Store in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
Freeze: Freeze for up to 3 months and thaw as needed.
Making DIY dog treats doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. With just a few simple ingredients, you can whip up a massive batch of homemade peanut butter dog treats that your dog will love (all for under $3!)
Give this simple homemade dog treat recipe a try and let me know how your dog likes them!
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About Mattison Skoog-Simpson
Mattison Skoog-Simpson is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant (CDBC) and Certified Professional Dog Trainer (CPDT-KA) who helps overwhelmed dog guardians create calmer, more connected lives with their sensitive or complex dogs. She’s the founder of Freed by Training, a values-driven dog behavior practice rooted in science, compassion, and second chances.
Mattison’s approach is shaped by her own transformative journey, which began in a prison dog training program. Today, she’s known for helping people feel capable, supported, and confident as they navigate behavior challenges using humane, relationship-based methods.
Through her virtual programs, courses, podcasts, and writing, Mattison is on a mission to make ethical, sustainable training more accessible and to prove that both dogs and their humans are capable of lasting change.
Learn more at freedbytraining.com or follow her on Instagram @freedbytraining.
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