No Bake Cheesecake Banana Pudding with Caramel

This is so close to the banana cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory. It is delicious and so easy. If you don’t like banans, layer cubed brownies and change the caramel sauce to hot fudge.

3 (8 oz) packages cream cheese, softened

1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk

1 (5.1 oz) package vanilla instant pudding (I use french vanilla)

2 cups milk

1 teas vanilla

1 (8 oz)  container Cool Whip

1/2 cup caramel sundae syrup

1 (12 oz) package vanilla wafers (you do not need these if you are using the brownie cubes, and 1 cup toffee chips)

Beat cream cheese and condensed milk at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes.

Beat dry pudding mix and milk in a large bowl at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 mins; add vanilla and beat 30 sec. Add cream cheese mixture and beat 1 min. Fold in Cool Whip

Spoon 1/3 of pudding mixture into a 4 qt serving bowl; drizzle with about 2 1/2 tables caramel (or hot fudge) sauce. Layer with 1/3 each of bananas and vanilla wafers (or brownies and toffee chips) Repeat layers twice. End with vanilla wafers or crushed up brownies. Cover and chill at least 6 hrs.