You will have so much fun with these easy and yummy April Fools Dog Treat Cookies! They are actually ‘human treats’ that only look like a dog treat. These fun treats are perfect for pet parents to serve on April Fools day! Take them to the office or offer them to friends and family. I wonder what ‘look’ they will give you? Will they dare try them? 🙂
You know here at Miss Molly Says we bake up a lot of seriously woofalicious dog treats, right?
Well, sometimes they look so yummy they look like human treats. So, that gave us the idea to do these fun April Fools Dog Treat Cookies!
These fun April Fools Dog Treat Cookies are actually ‘human treats’ that only look like a dog treat. And, they are so much fun!
Imagine the faces of our friends when we start munching on them! These fun treats are perfect for pet parents to serve on April Fools day!
Take them to the office or offer them to friends and family. I wonder what ‘look’ they will give you? Will they dare try them? 🙂
While our April Fools Dog Treat cookies are for humans, we have plenty of tasty homemade dog treats for the pups too.
You simply can’t go wrong serving your pups wholesome homemade treats! And, did I mention how easy they are to make? We even have a fun doggie pupcake recipe perfect for serving on their birthday!
April Fools Dog Treat Cookies
Makes: 24 cookies
Prep Time: 25 minutes + chill time 1 hour
Bake Time: 8-10 minutes
Cookie Ingredients:
1 ½ cup flour
¾ cup confectioners sugar
½ cup butter
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp cream of tartar
½ tsp vanilla extract
¼ tsp almond extract
Icing Ingredients:
1 cup confectioners sugar
4 tsp milk
2 tsp light corn syrup
¼ tsp almond extract
blue food color
non-pariels or other candy decorations
Additional items:
stand or hand mixer
1 dog bone shaped cookie cutter
frosting piping tool or bag
How to make these yummy April Fools Dog Treat Cookies:
Cream together confectioners sugar, butter, vanilla, almond, and egg.
Blend in flour, cream of tartar, and baking soda until thoroughly combined.
Wrap dough in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
Roll dough on floured board to 1/8” thick.
Cutout several cookies with your dog bone cookie cutter. Reroll dough scraps and cut again.
Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or just golden. Allow to cool completely.
To prepare the icing, combine confectioners sugar, milk, corn syrup, and extract until smooth and creamy.
*Tip: To create a nice piped edge on the cookie, separate 2 heaping tbsp of icing into a small bowl and add 1 tbsp of confectioners sugar. This will create a thicker icing. Scoop this icing into a piping bag with a small hole cut in the bottom. Pipe your edge around each dog bone cookie. This will prevent the colored icing from pooling and dripping over the edge.
With the remaining icing, add food coloring to the desired tint.
*Tip: to create different color icings for your cooking, separate into small bowls before adding food color.
Spoon a small amount of food coloring onto the cookie and carefully spread to the border edge.
*Tip: use a toothpick to work the icing toward the edge. Work quickly, the icing dries and hardens fast. Sprinkle non-pariels on asap so they will stick.
Use the piping icing for the edge to write words. Store in an airtight container after icing hardens.
**I purchase my cookie cutters at my local cake decorating store but I found them on Amazon.
Print this fun April Fools Dog Treat Cookies recipe!
April Fools Dog Treat Cookies
You will have so much fun with these easy and yummy April Fools Dog Treat Cookies! They are actually 'human treats' that only 'look' like a dog treat. These fun treats are perfect for pet parents to serve on April Fools day! The best part is they are super easy to make!
Ingredients
Cookie Ingredients:
- 1 ½ cup flour
- ¾ cup confectioners sugar
- ½ cup butter
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp cream of tartar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp almond extract
Icing Ingredients:
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 4 tsp milk
- 2 tsp light corn syrup
- ¼ tsp almond extract
- blue food color
- non-pariels or other candy decorations
Additional items:
- stand or hand mixer
- 1 dog bone shaped cookie cutter
- frosting piping tool or bag
Instructions
- Cream together confectioners sugar, butter, vanilla, almond, and egg.
- Blend in flour, cream of tartar, and baking soda until thoroughly combined.
- Wrap dough in plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
- Roll dough on floured board to 1/8” thick.
- Cutout several cookies with your dog bone cookie cutter. Reroll dough scraps and cut again.
- Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or just golden. Allow to cool completely.
- To prepare the icing, combine confectioners sugar, milk, corn syrup, and extract until smooth and creamy.
*Tip: To create a nice piped edge on the cookie, separate 2 heaping tbsp of icing into a small bowl and add 1 tbsp of confectioners sugar. This will create a thicker icing. Scoop this icing into a piping bag with a small hole cut in the bottom. Pipe your edge around each dog bone cookie. This will prevent the colored icing from pooling and dripping over the edge. - With the remaining icing, add food coloring to the desired tint.
*Tip: to create different color icings for your cooking, separate into small bowls before adding food color. - Spoon a small amount of food coloring onto the cookie and carefully spread to the border edge.
*Tip: use a toothpick to work the icing toward the edge. Work quickly, the icing dries and hardens fast. Sprinkle non-pariels on asap so they will stick. - Use the piping icing for the edge to write words. Store in an airtight container after icing hardens.
Notes
I purchase my cookie cutters at my local cake decorating store but I found them on Amazon.
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So neat !! Love it.
These are so cute. They look fun to make too.
Those are so adorable! Thanks! I pinned it!
Those are a fun treat for April Fool’s day. And some people will know that you do make dog treats….
These are just so fun! You come up with some great ideas!
Fun to make and fun to watch the dogs eat
This looks nice your dog will love theses
Such a creative idea! I really love these!
Wow! These are really cute. I would love to try making this. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
I shared this cuteness on Pinterest!
These are so adorable and I know my girl Sheba would love them! I have made her treats once and they were peanut butter.
My granddaughters love making treats for our dogs. These will be fun to make.
So awesome! Looks like they would be a lot of fun to make. Saved it to my pinterest board
These are so cute and fun! Our dog Coach would love them!
These are so cute and will be super fun to make with my daughters!
Very cool, we are going to try this for sure.
Timely, bake them just in time for that day.. though I can say my baking skills are questionable.
Wonderful recipe for treats that I can make for my dog.
These are adorable and my five-year-old daughter would think it was hilarious 💖
My Faith would love this
Great treats, and so colorful!
These are super cute and great any time of year.
I love creative these are! Great for more than just April Fool’s Day!
What a great recipe here, you did an awesome job on these. I’ll have to try this treat out for the dogs.
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Those biscuits are too pretty to eat. They look great. Thanks for posting!
These look great! And yes, fun to make for April Fools’ Day!
These are so cute and what a great idea for April Fool’s day, it would go over well in my house!