Sweet Monkey

Slice 4 small bananas and set aside. Defrost cool whip to room temp if in freezer. Crush vanilla wafers in a blender. Put aside 1/8 cup of crushed wafers. With remaining crushed wafers add melted butter and combine. Crust will be thick and buttery. Press crust down on the bottom of a lightly greased 9” springform pan. Put in fridge.
While crust is in fridge beat cream cheese using a hand held or stand mixer till soft. Add sugar, heavy cream and vanilla extract, beat till smooth. Set aside
Make pudding mix, do not follow box instructions. Combine pudding mix and 1 cup of cold milk. We add an additional 2-3 tbsp of cold milk depending on consistency. Pudding will be thicker but smooth.
Take crust out of fridge and add cream cheese layer on top of the crust. Spreading with a spatula. Add pudding layer and smooth out. Add sliced bananas. Add cool whip layer. Sprinkle the remaining crushed vanilla wafers on top. Put in fridge to set in 2-3 hrs. We take ours out at about 2.5 hrs. Remove from fridge and decorate with whip cream. Enjoy!