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July 05, 2026 5 min read
TL;DR: You can make a homemade version of Frosty Paws with three ingredients: plain Greek yogurt, a ripe banana, and a spoon of xylitol-free peanut butter. It is lower in sugar than the original, costs a fraction as much per treat, and takes about five minutes of hands-on work. The one rule you cannot break: check that your peanut butter does not contain xylitol, which is lethal to dogs. Below is the full recipe with yield, calories, variations, and storage. Plain Greek yogurt is lower in lactose than regular, but if your dog reacts to any dairy, skip to the dairy-free variation.
Frosty Paws is basically frozen dog ice cream: whey, a little sweetener, some oil, and emulsifiers per the current label. It works, and most dogs love it. But it is sweetened, dairy-heavy, and runs about 140 to 150 calories per cup, and a 4-pack costs about the same as the ingredients for a few dozen homemade treats. So a lot of owners want a copycat they can make at home that is a little cleaner and a lot cheaper.
This is that recipe. It hits the same creamy, frozen, peanut-butter-and-banana note dogs go nuts for, with less sugar and ingredients you can actually read. We will also flag the safety points (xylitol, dairy, portion size) so you do not trade one problem for another.
That is it. No added sugar, no corn syrup, no oils, no emulsifiers. Three ingredients, all of them food you would recognize.
This recipe makes roughly 12 to 16 standard cube-size treats, depending on your mold. The calorie count works out to about 30 to 40 calories per treat, which is meaningfully lower than the 140 to 150 calories in one Frosty Paws cup. If you use small paw or star molds, each treat is even smaller, closer to 15 to 25 calories, which makes portion control easier for little dogs.
Keep the 10 percent rule in mind: treats should be no more than 10 percent of your dog's daily calories. For a 30-pound dog (about 800 calories a day), that is around 80 treat calories, so one or two of these is a reasonable daily limit.
The single most important thing in this whole recipe: your peanut butter must not contain xylitol. Xylitol is a sugar substitute used in some "natural," "no sugar added," and reduced-sugar peanut butters, and it is extremely toxic to dogs. A small amount can cause a dangerous drop in blood sugar, seizures, liver failure, and death.
Before you buy or use any peanut butter, read the full ingredient list. If you see xylitol, birch sugar, or "sugar alcohol," do not use it. The safest peanut butters list just "peanuts" or "peanuts, salt." We have a full breakdown in our peanuts for dogs guide, including which peanut butters are safe and why.
Greek yogurt is the base here for a reason: it is lower in lactose than regular yogurt and higher in protein, and the live cultures help some dogs digest it. But most adult dogs are at least a little lactose intolerant, and a few do not tolerate any dairy. If your dog gets gas, loose stools, or vomiting from yogurt, do not push it, use the dairy-free variation below instead.
For which yogurts are best and which to avoid (skip anything sweetened or flavored), see our yogurt for dogs guide.
Swap the Greek yogurt for full-fat canned coconut milk (just coconut and water, no sweeteners). Same banana, same peanut butter. It freezes creamy and skips the dairy entirely. Slightly higher in fat, so use smaller portions.
Replace the banana with half a cup of plain canned pumpkin (not pie filling, which has added sugar and spices). Pumpkin adds fiber and is gentle on the stomach, a good choice for dogs with digestive issues.
Add a small handful of blueberries to the blend, or press one into each mold before freezing. Adds a little natural sweetness and antioxidants without any added sugar.
If your dog is more of a meat fan than a sweets fan, skip the banana and peanut butter entirely and blend the yogurt with a spoon of a dog-safe meat or a freeze-dried meat treat. Or skip yogurt too and go fully savory with a meat-based pop (more on that below).
An honest side-by-side. Frosty Paws Original, per the current label, is mostly water and whey with corn syrup for sweetness and soybean oil for richness, around 140 to 150 calories per cup with roughly 14 grams of sugar. The homemade version above is real yogurt, real banana, and real peanut butter, with no added sugar and 30 to 40 calories per treat.
If you want the full ingredient teardown of the original before you decide, our Frosty Paws ingredient breakdown goes line by line.
Keep the frozen treats in an airtight container or freezer bag for up to two months. Label the bag with the date. They will not technically go bad much faster than that, but they pick up freezer smells and lose texture over time. If you used cups, just stack them with a square of parchment between layers.
If your dog likes these, there are plenty of other simple frozen and baked recipes to rotate through. Our dog treat recipes collection has more, from broth cubes to baked biscuits, all built around real ingredients and short ingredient lists.
Making your own Frosty Paws copycat is genuinely easy, and we will never tell you not to. But if you want the savory, real-meat version of a frozen treat without measuring yogurt or babysitting peanut butter labels, that is the niche we built Cooper's Treats around. Our Pupsicle mix is freeze-dried real meat that you stir with water and freeze in molds, no dairy, no added sugar, about 20 calories each. It is the meat-forward cousin to the yogurt recipe above, and it is what we reach for on an everyday basis.
If you want to try it, the Pupsicle Starter Kit includes the mix, a silicone mold, and a storage jar. The same paw and bone silicone molds work for the yogurt recipe on this page too, so you are not locked into one or the other. And if your dog is a cheese hound, the beef and cheddar mix is a crowd favorite.
One last reminder before you make a batch: confirm your peanut butter is xylitol-free. It is the only ingredient in this recipe that can actually hurt your dog, and it is an easy thing to check.
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