Homemade Pill Pockets
Easy homemade pill pockets are an affordable, healthy, and tasty way to hide your dog’s medication, and helps make a less stressful process for your beloved pet to take their pills.
We have been given the devastating news that our beloved dog, Grace, has terminal cancer, which has already spread to her lymph nodes, so we are now giving her the best end-of-life care that we can. Gracie has been the biggest blessing to our family, our extended family, and our friends for over 14 years, and words can’t describe how heartbroken we all are. Until the time is right, to keep her comfortable, she will need pills three times a day for the remainder of her life, and she has quickly tired of balls of peanut butter and cream cheese with hidden pills inside. To make our good girl happy, I made this easy, no-bake recipe for homemade pill pockets for dogs, so she gets a tempting & tasty treat that eases her stress while taking her pills. I made a version with pumpkin puree & oat flour, along with a peanut butter, cheddar cheese, & oat flour version, so she’ll have a variety of flavors. So far, she loves both types and hasn’t noticed that there are pills inside. Send good thoughts to our Gracie girl–she has been the best, best girl, and we love her so much.
Homemade Pill Pockets
Pumpkin & Oat Pill Pockets:
- ½ cup + 1 tbsp of oats, divided, (½ cup blended to oat flour in food processor)
- 3 tbsp pumpkin puree, more if needed (do not use pumpkin pie filling
Cheddar Cheese, Peanut Butter, & Oat Pill Pockets:
- ½ cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- ¼ cup oats, blended into flour in a food processor
- ¼ cup Xylitol-free peanut butter (Xylitol is poisonous for dogs, so be sure it’s not in the peanut butter)
How to Make Homemade Pill Pockets for Dogs:
To make the pumpkin & oat pill pockets, place ½ cup of the oats in a food processor and blend until it’s oat flour.
Pour into a bowl and add 2 tablespoons of pumpkin puree and the remaining 1 tablespoon of oats, and mix until combined. Add more puree, if needed, until it is pliable and not very sticky.
Use a teaspoon to measure the pill pockets and form them into balls.
Poke a hole in the center with a chopstick or straw.
Place in a single layer in an airtight container between pieces of parchment paper, and store in the fridge for 7-10 days or freezer for 1 month.
To make the cheddar cheese, peanut butter, & oat pill pockets, place the cheese in a bowl.
Place the oats in a food processor and blend until oat flour.
Add the oat flour to the bowl with the cheese.
Add the peanut butter and mix until well combined and not very sticky.
Use a teaspoon to measure the pill pockets and form them into balls.
Poke a hole in the center with a chopstick or straw.
Place in a single layer in an airtight container between pieces of parchment paper, and store in the fridge for 7-10 days or freezer for 1 month.
Flashback to Our First Day with Grace:
Equipment
- Chopstick or Straw
Ingredients
Pumpkin & Oat Pill Pockets:
- ½ cup + 1 tbsp of oats divided, (½ cup blended to oat flour in food processor)
- 3 tbsp pumpkin puree more if needed (do not use pumpkin pie filling
Cheddar Cheese, Peanut Butter, & Oat Pill Pockets:
- ½ cup cheddar cheese shredded
- ¼ cup oats blended into flour in a food processor
- ¼ cup Xylitol-free peanut butter Xylitol is poisonous for dogs, so be sure it's not in the peanut butter
Instructions
- To make the pumpkin & oat pill pockets, place ½ cup of the oats in a food processor and blend until it's oat flour.
- Pour into a bowl and add 2 tablespoons of pumpkin puree and the remaining 1 tablespoon of oats, and mix until combined. Add more puree, if needed, until it is pliable and not very sticky.
- Use a teaspoon to measure the pill pockets and form them into balls.
- Poke a hole in the center with a chopstick or straw.
- Place in a single layer in an airtight container between pieces of parchment paper, and store in the fridge for 7-10 days or freezer for 1 month.
- To make the cheddar cheese, peanut butter, & oat pill pockets, place the cheese in a bowl.
- Place the oats in a food processor and blend until it becomes oat flour.
- Add the oat flour to the bowl with the cheese.
- Add the peanut butter and mix until well combined and not very sticky,
- Use a teaspoon to measure the pill pockets and form them into balls.
- Poke a hole in the center with a chopstick or straw.
- To store, place them in a single layer in an airtight container between pieces of parchment paper. Store them in the fridge for 7-10 days or in the freezer for 1 month.
Oh Pam, that’s such sad news. I know how you feel right now. Our current dog takes pills out of my hand, but our first one would eat around whatever the pill was hidden in, and spit it out.