2 Ingredient Liver Gummy Dog Treats

Liver gummy dog treats are always present in my refrigerator for my dogs. Making gelatin gummy dog treats is easy, healthy, and our dogs love them!

Technically, they are chilled dog treats, but since we love gummies so much, we thought they deserved their own blog post.

Besides providing health benefits for skin, hair, and joints, gelatin contains beneficial amino acids, which are great for your dogs. I overcame my ewwww factor for both gelatin and homemade bone broth. I started making treats with it, largely because of its potential health benefits.

My dogs, Ruby and Callie, could use all the help I could give them for their joints and mobility.

Besides providing essential amino acids, gelatin is also beneficial for a variety of health benefits, including metabolism, digestion, liver function, bones, skin, and hair.

🦴 Is Gelatin the Same as Bone Broth?

Gelatin Dog Treats vs Bone Broth

Gelatin, just like bone broth, comes from processed animal tissues such as skin, cartilage, and bones. If making bone broth sounds a bit like making homemade broth, it's because they have many similarities as collagen treats for dogs.  

Bone broth can make gummies, which are basically just gummies made from scratch. This kind of gummy is a lot of work, but the dogs love them. Making gelatin is simple and quick.

Besides sprinkles, baked goods, and dog treats made with gelatin, gelatin boasts the same health properties. Our dogs still receive bone broth regularly, but it is now frozen in cubes, so I can use it whenever it is needed.

Besides using it alone or in gummies, there are many other ways to use it. The broth (whether made from scratch or store-bought) is a whole food, which is less processed than collagen or gelatin. Our dogs enjoy its smell and taste.

🐶 Shopping for a Quality Gelatin

Gelatin for Dog Treats

I am happy to pay a bit more for gelatin since they create it with bones, skin, hides, etc., and I have more confidence in its quality. Determining gelatin's quality is like evaluating other animal products.

Things to look at:

• Company or brand reputation
• Additives (if any) used
• Protein sources, including animal proteins in the gelatin and animal breeding (grass-fed or pastured vs. factory-raised)
• Country of origin (safety and welfare laws)
• Certifications or special standards of the product.

🍖 Making Gelatin Liver Gummy Dog Treats

Gelatin Gummy Dog Treat Ingredients

Adding powdered gelatin to any liquid base that is safe for dogs is an excellent idea. These liquid bases include dog-safe stocks and broths, fruit purees, vegetable and dairy milks, plain yogurt, kefir, and even plain water.

Besides the main liquid, other ingredients can be added to it for extra flavor, aroma, nutritional value, or just because you want to. Anything yummy and dog-friendly can create compatible flavours.

Caution: When using gelatin, you should be careful not to work with any fruits containing protease enzymes (proteolytic enzymes), such as pineapple or kiwi.

Proteases are also present in some yogurts and kefirs. Deficiencies in digestion enzymes can cause runny jelly, which occurs because of a lack of gelling properties.

📋 Tips and Tricks for Liver Gummies

The mold can be left at room temperature briefly to gel, then placed in the fridge to set.

If you're not confident about getting the mold safely into the fridge without spilling, you could let it sit there for a few minutes until it gels. Ideally, the treats should be cooled as soon as possible before being consumed by your pup.

It never hurts to wait a few minutes before taking the treats out of the molds. When the gummies are fully set, they will be much easier to remove.

If you want a more "real" gummy texture, return the gummies, once they have been removed from the mold (or cut into pieces from the pan), to the refrigerator uncovered and let them dry for a day before storing in their original containers. Keep them covered as long as possible so they won't dry out.

You can freeze gummy treats for longer storage, though freezing may affect their consistency.

🐾 How to Store your Liver Gummy Dog Treats

I recommend that gummies be refrigerated to preserve their food safety. Once you mix the ingredients, no matter how stable they are, everything changes.  

It is possible to freeze gummy treats for longer storage, although the consistency may be affected. Considering how easy they are to make, I prefer to make small batches frequently and eat them fresh from the refrigerator.

When the gummies are frozen, defrosting them uncovered in the fridge instead of them getting slippery while they thaw helps. Besides causing gelatin to separate, freezing results in liquid bleed out. 

The gelatin inside the gummies will melt at warmer temperatures. Other factors (such as quality, concentration, and other ingredients) help determine the melting temperature. The temperature is usually well above that of the room, except in the summer when it gets hot, and they aren't exactly pocket-friendly.

🥘 How to Make Liver Gummy Dog Treats

• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Setup Time: about 2 hours on the counter
• Makes: depends on size of mold
• Skill: Easy

👩🏻‍🍳 Ingredient Notes

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Unflavored Gelatin Packets - Gelatin sets up to make the easiest dog shaped gummies.

Liver Sprinkles - I love using liver sprinkles! It provides all the benefits of liver for your dogs without the smell! That's a solid win in my book!

🥣 Supplies Used

• Cute doggy molds
• Baking sheet
• Mixing Bowl

📖 Easy Directions

Full Ingredients and Directions in Recipe below.

Simply heat water in the microwave until it is boiling, mix in the gelatin.

Stir in the liver powder and mix until fully blended.

Place your mold on a pan/cookie sheet and our mixture into the molds.

Notes: You will need to stir the mix every few seconds as the liver will start to sink to the bottom while you are pouring. I used the edge of a fork to help scrap the runoff on the mold into the mold cavities.

Let it cool! Feed it to your waiting drooling puppy!

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