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Moose Tracks Ice Cream is an easy no churn ice cream recipe with just four ingredients! If you love peanut butter cups and fudge sauce, you will love this easy ice cream recipe.
If you’ve wandered by the Walmart ice cream section, maybe you’ve seen Moose Track Ice Cream – this is my homemade copycat version, and it’s so easy to make.
It’s a vanilla ice cream with chocolate peanut butter cups and ribbons of fudge sauce mixed in. It was first developed by a company called Denali Flavors, but other brands have their versions. Blue Bell has a version called Happy Tracks which is basically the same thing.
The secret to this no-churn recipe is the ‘overrun’ or the air trapped within the whipped heavy cream. Because we aren’t using a machine to constantly churn the mixture, the air you whip in manually is the only thing preventing the ice cream from freezing into a solid block of ice. This is why ‘folding’ (not stirring) the condensed milk is the most important step in the entire process
What’s in Moose Tracks Ice Cream?
- Heavy whipping cream: This is to make the whipped cream. You can swap Cool Whip for a semi-homemade twist (see below) but you there is no substitute for heavy whipping cream for making the whipped cream.
- Sweetened condensed milk: Regular or fat free
- Mini Reese’s Cups: Or you can chop regular size ones.
- Warm hot fudge – I like to use Hershey’s Hot Fudge topping
Recipe Swap
Substitute 2 (8 ounce) containers Cool Whip for the whipped cream. Your ice cream will be softer and stickier, but it’s a great way to make it low-fat or lower in added sugar.
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Storing Instructions
Store homemade ice cream in an airtight container with a lid or cover the container tightly with plastic wrap. No-churn ice cream is best consumed within 2 weeks to avoid ice crystal formation.
Expert Tips
- Chill your mixing bowl and beaters for 15 minutes to ensure the heavy cream reaches maximum volume.
- After you whip the cream, be careful folding the sweetened condensed milk. You want to do this slowly and don’t stir; otherwise, you’ll deflate the whipped cream.
- To get those iconic Moose Tracks ribbons, your hot fudge must be pourable but NOT hot. If the fudge is too warm, it will melt the air bubbles in your cream and sink to the bottom of the pan. Warm the fudge in 10-second increments until it just flows, then let it sit for a minute until it feels cool to the touch before drizzling
- Look for mini peanut butter cups that are unwrapped. If you can’t find them, you can unwrap regular-sized cups and cut them into quarters or mini ones in half.
- Moose tracks takes a little longer to freeze because of the warm fudge, but it’s usually ready to serve within five to six hours.
Moose Tracks No Churn Ice Cream
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Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 (14 ounces) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Minis
- ½ cup hot fudge topping
Instructions
Directions:
- Whip the heavy cream in a large until the cream begins to form stiff peaks.
- Gently fold the sweetened condensed milk into the heavy cream, then fold in the peanut butter cups.
- Warm the hot fudge in 10 second increments until it's just pourable but not too warm that it will melt the ice cream base.
- Pour the mixture into a 9×5 loaf pan and drizzle the fudge on top. Use a knife or fork to swirl the hot fudge into the ice cream mixture in 2-3 figure-8 motions. Cover and place the pan in the freezer for 5-6 hours to all the ice cream to set.
Recipe Notes
- This ice cream takes a little longer to freeze than other no churn ice creams just because you are adding warm fudge to the mixture, but it will still be good to go around the five-hour mark. Depending on your freezer, it may be ready around the four-hour mark so just be sure to check on it.
- The mini, unwrapped peanut butter cups worked perfectly for this recipe. If you do not have access to these, you can use regular peanut butter cups cut in quarters or mini wrapped cups cut in half. You don’t want them to be too big because they will freeze and be hard to bite through.
- This ice cream tastes great served with a drizzle of hot fudge or crushed peanuts.
This ice cream will last for about a month and a half when stored covered with plastic wrap or in an airtight container. - Substitute 2 containers Cool Whip for the whipped cream (the texture of the final ice cream will be a little softer and stickier than when made with whipped cream).
Recipe Nutrition
How to Make Easy No Churn Ice Cream
- Whip the cream in a large bowl with an electric mixer until it holds stiff peaks. Stiff peaks means that the cream stands straight up when the beaters are lifted.
- Carefully fold the sweetened condensed milk into the whipped cream. Fold in the peanut butter cups.
- Pour the ice cream mixture into a 9×5” loaf pan. Drizzle the just cool to the touch hot fudge over the top, and then use a butter knife to swirl it with the ice cream with only two or three figure-8 motions with the fudge to create thick ribbons rather then blending it into the mixture.
- Cover the pan with plastic wrap and freeze the ice cream for five to six hours or until it’s firm.
- When you scoop it into bowls, top it with a drizzle of warm hot fudge and a sprinkle of chopped peanuts!
FAQs
Moose Tracks is a vanilla ice cream base with mini chocolate peanut butter cups and thick ribbons of fudge swirled throughout.
No, this is a “no-churn” recipe that uses an electric mixer to whip heavy cream into a light, airy base.
It usually takes between 5 to 6 hours for the ice cream to fully set in the freezer.
Yes! If you can’t find minis, you can unwrap regular-sized peanut butter cups and cut them into quarters.
Deflation happens if you stir the mixture too vigorously. You must gently ‘fold’ the sweetened condensed milk into the whipped cream to keep the air intact.
I ❤️❤️❤️ Moose Tracks ice cream. I had it for the first time just recently. It’s late at night when I am reading this, but I can’t wait to make it during the day! Thank you very much for the recipe! 😊😊😊