How to Make Molasses Horse (and Goat) Treats


Teenage girl feeding a molasses treat to her paint horse.


Learn how to make treats for your horses with ingredients you already have in your kitchen. Your horses and goats will love these sweet treats you've cooked up for them. 


They are so easy that children can make them with just a bit of adult help.


Make-at-home molasses horse treats


When our youngest daughter was a 4-H member, she and her best friend wanted to participate in the cooking demonstration at our 4-H speech contests. 


They were both members of our county's horse club, and wanted to demonstrate something in their project area.


Two girls demonstrating how to make molasses horse treats.


But it was hard to come up with a recipe they could demonstrate that had to do with horses. 


After a lot of brainstorming, they decided to make horse treats as their "dish". They demonstrated the recipe at both our county and district speech contests, as well as for our horse club.


A plate of molasses horse treats, arranged in a smiley face.

Make these yummy treats and you'll have happy horses.


This is a super-easy recipe and would be fun to make with children. 


These horse treats are all-natural and contain no preservatives.


Our goats like to eat them as much as the horses do, and even our steer Chuck liked them. 


How to make molasses horse treats


Ingredients needed:

1 cup flour
1 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup shredded carrot (about 1 medium carrot)
1/3 cup molasses


The ingredients for these easy molasses horse treats: oats, molasses, flour and carrots.


Our carrots were small so they used two.


Directions:


Preheat your oven to 375ºF. Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray.


In a large bowl mix all of the ingredients together thoroughly. The mixture should stick together but shouldn’t be too wet. If necessary, add more flour.


Children enjoy mixing the ingredients with their hands - and it's ok to do that!


Raw dough balls on a cookie sheet, ready to bake for the horses.


Drop teaspoon-sized balls on cookie sheet about an inch apart. 


Bake about 10 minutes, until hardened. They won't change color and their appearance doesn't change when they're done, but they will be hard when touched.


A plate full of easy-to-make four-ingredient horse treats.



Store these treats in an airtight container. 


Makes approximately 18-24 treats, depending on how big you make the dough balls. I make smaller treats for my goats.



A girl offering a molasses horse treat to her paint horse.


Watch your fingers! Your horse will probably want more than one!




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Offering molasses horse treats to a brown and white paint horse.