Not-Just-For-Dogs Healthy Peanut Butter Banana "Pupcakes"

Prep Time 6 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 26 minutes

Servings 12 cupcakes

1 banana
1 egg large
1 cup shredded carrots
1/3 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup coconut oil
1/4 cup honey
1/3 cup whole-wheat flour
1 cup quick 1-minute oats
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla extract
12 Scooby-Doo! Cinnamon Graham Cracker Sticks
Unsweetened coconut flakes (optional - for sprinkling on top of frosting)
Mini chocolate chips (optional - for sprinkling on top of frosting FOR HUMANS ONLY! No chocolate chips for dogs)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Line muffin tin with cupcake liners or grease pan liberally.
Add all ingredients to food processor or blender.
Blend until thoroughly combined. Batter will be slightly lumpy with the consistency of thick applesauce.
Dive batter among muffin cups. Each will be almost level to top of the liner.
Bake for 20 minutes.
Let cool completely before frosting with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese frosting.
Optional: For "pupcakes" for your canine friends, sprinkle frosted cupcakes with unsweetened coconut flakes. For humans, sprinkle frosted cupcakes with a few mini chocolate chips.
After frosting, decorate each cupcake with 1 Scooby-Doo graham cracker stick.

Makes 30 mini muffins or 12 full-size cupcakes. I chose to make both, and the recipe yielded 6 full-size cupcakes and 14 mini muffins.
This recipe tastes delicious as a muffin too! Just omit the frosting and enjoy after baking.
To save time, you can use baby carrots instead of shredded carrots. I used 1 heaping cup of baby carrots and a food processor to easily puree them.
Do not overbake. When piercing with a toothpick, a small amount of batter may remain on the toothpick. This is due to the moist nature of the batter from the carrots, coconut oil and oatmeal instead than traditional flour and oil.