Chocolate Coconut Pie

ingredients:

coconut oil for greasing the 8 inch, 20cm springform pan

for the crust:

100g dates, soaked in water (overnight or in hot boiling water for 15+min)

1 cup oat flour or small cut oats (90g)

3 tbsp cocoa powder, unsweetened

¼ tsp salt

2 tbsp flax seeds, ground or semi-ground

3 tbsp desiccated coconut

a handful of peanuts

2 tbsp peanut butter

1 tbsp maple syrup

2 tbsp non dairy milk

for the filling:

½ cup cornstarch (60g)

a generous pinch of salt

4 tbsp coconut sugar, raw sugar or regular sugar

2 ½ tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

¼ cup water (60ml)

1 tsp vanilla extract or a couple vanilla aroma drops

1 can coconut milk (400ml = 13.5oz)

optional: ⅓ cup dark chocolate chips, melted (60g)