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Set up your slow cooker, and find a glass bowl that will sit steady inside the slow cooker and holds at least 6 cups (for reference, I used an 8-cup glass Pyrex bowl). You will want there to be a couple of inches or so of room at the top of the bowl to make transferring the bowl to the slow cooker easier and less likely to spill.
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Whisk both cans of coconut milk, brown sugar, and optional additives in glass bowl, then add in the chopped chocolate. Gently place bowl in the slow cooker, and add enough water to reach up the side of the glass bowl to the same level that the filling reaches inside the bowl.
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Cook on the low setting for ten hours. After cooking, the filling should have thickened to about the consistency of hot pudding (for reference, my filling had cooked down about an inch). Remove glass bowl from the slow cooker (carefully!), briefly whisk the filling, then cover and place in the refrigerator for at least eight hours to thicken.
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While the filling is cooling in the fridge, heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit to make the crust. Crumble graham crackers either by hand in a Ziploc bag, or by pulsing in a food processor. Mix brown sugar into graham crackers with a fork, then mix in melted butter. Press crust into pie dish, then bake in oven for ten minutes. Allow to completely cool, at least thirty minutes.
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Also while the filling is cooling, open chilled can of coconut milk and scrape separated solid coconut cream into chilled mixing bowl, reserving coconut water for another use. If using additional flavors, add in to coconut cream before whipping. Whip on medium speed for 3-5 minutes, until cream is thickened to the consistency of whipped cream, though it will likely be denser than standard dairy whipped cream. Store whipped cream in the refrigerator until ready to serve pie. The whipped cream should keep its thickness in the refrigerator for at least four days.
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Add cooled filling, which should now be a thick pudding consistency, to cooled pie crust, then refrigerate for at least an hour before serving to set.
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Add a dollop of whipped cream on top of a slice of the pie, as it can be difficult to spread over an entire pie, then enjoy! Mondays may be tough but they can only be so terrible when they begin with pie.
