Spooky Treats

Happy Halloween

For My Spooky

..and My Sparky.

For Our Grand-Dog Chewie…..

And Our Grand-Dog Hank

We adore the animals in our lives.

These are for you guys!

Julie and Gordon

Happy Halloween From Spooky and Sparky

(We gave all of our Dogs and Grand-Dogs the Halloween Doggie Blanket’s and the Trick-or-Treat Pumpkins.)

All The Cousins

Spooky, Sparky and Hank

A Nightmare Before Christmas CLUE

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Chewie With Veronica and Brian’s Pumpkins

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Spooky Treats

The Doggie Enthusiasm is so Contagious 🙂

WooOOOOooooooOOOOO…..

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I wanted to make something special for Spooky this year, 2021.

This past summer Sparky and I had made:

Sparky Doodle Dandies

Sparky was so cute when we made these.

He really got involved so I wanted to do something special for Spooky this year but she could have cared less. 🙂

However, she did LOVE her Spooky Treats!

(Once I had done all the work.)

This recipe is pumpkin based, no salt, no sugar (only the natural sugar in the fruits), it’s more of a cake than a cookie, it’s also healthy and delicious. AND, humans can eat them too!

These are for my Spooky.

Julie

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Ready to Make Spooky Treats

You will need a blender for this recipe.

Ingredients:

1 29 Ounce Can of Libby’s Pumpkin Puree, (we probably used 20 ounces of the pumpkin)

3 Apples, Sliced

3 Bananas, (we thawed out our frozen bananas we had in the freezer)

9 Tablespoons of No Salt, No Sugar Peanut Butter

3 Eggs

3 Tablespoons Canola Oil

3/4 Cup Water

1 1/2 Cups Rolled Oats

Yogurt Chips to Melt Over Top, (optional)

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The Peanut Butter Brand that I used is Organic MaraNatha

Because these are “Spooky Treats” I wanted to bake them in my Ghostly Tin.

I did spray the tin with some Canola Oil Spray first, and pre-heated the oven to 350F.

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The first thing I did was to slice up the Apples for the Blender, removing the core and seeds.

I then started measuring out the Pumpkin Puree and determined that I used most of the can, about 20 ounces. I placed the Pumpkin Puree into the Blender with the Apples.

9 Tablespoons of this no salt, no sugar, Peanut Butter goes into the Blender. I love this Peanut Butter as it is the kind I was raised on in the deep south. Also add 3 Tablespoons of Canola Oil to the Blender.

Now Add Your Water and Eggs

Because my Blender is full I am grinding everything together now in order to make room for the Bananas. Just hit Puree on the Blender settings and let it run until everything has been blended well.

Now I am Adding My 3 Mushy Bananas, the Blend

Pour the Contents of the Blender into a Mixing Bowl

I brought the Mixing Bowl and the Rolled Oats over to the table in the hopes that Spooky would take an interest and help me, but she didn’t.

But, I did add the Rolled Oats to the other Ingredients and I’m stirring them together.

Now, I am spooning the mixture into the Ghostly Tin.

Like Our Spooky Decorations?

Now That The Tin Is Full….

Into The Oven They Go

I baked these for about 50 minutes, but I checked them every 20 minutes, making sure that I could place a toothpick into them and it comes out clean. If you are using a mini muffin pan or even a regular muffin pan then your cooking time will be less. Probably around 20 minutes, more or less.

If you are a baker then you know to monitor the cooking of a new recipe in your oven. Oven temps do vary.

When They Are Done Let Cool a Bit Before Removing From Pan…

and Placing Onto a Cooling Rack.

Don’t they look great?

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Now For The Yogurt Topping

(This is Optional)

Because these are “ghosts” I did want some kind of white topping. I had these Yogurt Chips leftover in our pantry and decided to use them up here.

In order to melt them you just put them into a microwave safe bowl for about 20 seconds on high. Then remove and stir them around a bit. Then place them back into the microwave for another 20 seconds until they are melted.

Quickly Spread onto the Spooky Treats

The Yogurt Chips hardened pretty quickly and started to clump as we were spreading the melted Yogurt onto each Spooky Treat so Gordon added some water and that seemed to do the trick.

So, if some are a bit clumpy and some a bit smooth…that’s why.

We took them over to our Grand-Dogs Chewie and Hank, and of course Spooky and Sparky enjoyed some of them.

They were a great healthy and delicious treat!

And shhhh… we ate them too!

I would sprinkle some over their dog food every night and they would gobble it all up. 🙂

We kept them refrigerated for a total of 10 days. They ate the last one on day 10. We don’t keep refrigerated food longer than that. Just to give you an idea.

Hope your dogs will enjoy them as much as ours did.

Trick-or-Treat!

Julie

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Making Spooky and Sparky’s Halloween Ghost Costumes

Gordon used a piece of paper to make a pattern.

He then measured the center of the paper and marked it with a pencil.

Then measured the width of Spooky’s ears and cut out a space for them. Then measured the distance to her nose and eyes.

He cut out circles for her eyes and a slit for her nose. Measured the distance to her tail and marked it on the paper. Interestingly, the eyes and nose were perfect for sparky and the ears were just a little back from where Spooky’s were. His tail was also further back than Spooky’s.

He then placed the paper over an old bed sheet and using a black marker, marked the holes for both Spooky and Sparky. Use a sharp scissors to cut out the holes.