What Kind of Food Can You Use to Decorate Dog Cookies?

You don't have to feed your dog bland dog cookies. With a little help, you could come up with your own ideas for decorating the cookies. Only the types of foods that dogs can eat limit the possibilities. Before you begin, you must know what a dog can safely eat. You should also consult your veterinarian before feeding the dog any new food and food combinations.

  1. Cheese

    • Contrary to belief, dogs can and do enjoy cheese. Melted, the cheese resembles frosting on top of a dog cookie. You can cover the cookie with melted cheese or pipe it onto the dog cookie in decorative designs. You could add additional toppings too. Spread cottage cheese onto the cookie as a base, and then consider placing pieces of cooked pieces of meat or sunflower seeds on top. Add the toppings that your dog enjoys. Cheese is very binding, so try to limit your dog's ingestion of cheese-frosted cookies.

    Fruits

    • Dogs love fruits. Fruits are versatile, and they can be used to decorate a dog cookie in a method similar to frosting a cookie. Choose the fruits that your dog enjoys, and place them in a blender. Consider blending individual flavors and mixes to give your dog variety. When the fruit has made a paste it can be place into a pastry bag or plastic zippered bag with a small corner cut off. Pipe the fruit onto the cookie as desired. Blueberries, strawberries and kiwis are great for adding coloring. Another method is to place raw fruit on top of a cookie that is iced with cottage cheese or other blended fruits.

    Peanut Butter

    • Peanut butter can be used as a frosting, topped with berries, melons, bananas, cooked chicken and other safe foods for your dog. You can make a sandwich cookie by placing two cookies together with the peanut butter in the middle.

    Yogurt

    • Yogurt frosting is good for dogs. Frost the cookie in a thick, Greek-style yogurt and add fruit or seeds to decorate the cookie. Stay away from yogurts with artificial sweeteners. Plain yogurt works fine and creates a nice white background that contrasts with many other foods, making a more decorative frosting.