I want to start by saying, my family decided that Cast Iron S'mores Crumble was on their "Top 3 Best Desserts of All Time" list. It also made their "If I Had to Eat Only One Food for the Rest of My Life" list AND their "Death Row Last Request" list which is always pretty special. The recipe is from Southern Cast Iron- a magazine that has a beautiful, unique and thoughtful website.
There's just something about a cast iron skillet that I love. It think it's because it gives me that Laura-Ingalls-Wilder-all-I-have-is-this-one-pan-in-my-log-cabin-that-I-built-with-my-own-bare-hands kind of feeling. The pan, combined with s'mores, also gives me that cozy "we're camping" feeling.
I mean...who doesn't love to camp? It's fun, right? A chance to be outside...
enjoying nature....
...and all that it has to offer...
That looks fun....
Telling scary campfire stories...
Ok, maybe we need to be glad we're inside for this recipe. 
I gathered together 3/4 c. butter (softened), 1 c. firmly packed light brown sugar, 1 c. old-fashioned oats, 3/4 c. flour, 3/4 c. graham cracker crumbs, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 2 c. marshmallows (halved), 2 4-oz. chocolate bars (coarsely chopped), & chocolate for garnish.
I sprayed my large skillet with cooking spray, preheated the oven to 350 degrees and told Alexa to crank some Burning Love. I took the butter out of the fridge so it could soften a bit. I have to have everything chopped before I get started or all hell breaks loose. 
I cut the marshmallows in half. I ended up needing more than 2 cups in order to fill the pan better.
Resist the urge to turn them into snowmen and give them names. The one on the left is Frank.
I chopped the chocolate but reserved a bit for drizzling on top later.
Don't you love it when the recipe asks for 3/4 cup of graham cracker crumbs and you're staring at your graham crackers like...is that one cracker? Two? Four? Four hundred?!?!?
After much careful thought and deliberation, I decided to go for it and threw in the entire pack.
It's at this point that you will feel like you have done enough and you can't go on with this s'mores dessert.
Take a little sip of your Diet Coke and watch this clip from The Great Outdoors with John Candy. It will perk you right up and it just might save your life one day!
If you don't have a Kitchen Aid mixer, you are doing way too much work. Way too much. I am NOT telling you this to sell you one!
I beat (I beated? I bit?) the butter and sugar in my shiny new Kitchen Aid mixer for 3-4 minutes on medium speed until it looked like the wet summer sand that has a tendency to get into places that you least expected. Like the bottom of your beach bag. What did you think I was going to say!? Moving on...
I stirred together the oats, flour, graham cracker crumbs, baking powder, salt & cinnamon in a medium bowl. I then slowly added it to the sugar/butter mixture in the mixer on medium until it was blended.
Oaty, buttery goodness
I pressed two-thirds of the mixture into the bottom of the skillet, just enough to fill the bottom of it.
Home, home on the range...where the deer and the antelope play. I wish I knew the second verse. Explains why Mrs. Hill gave me that "S-" in Music in 2nd grade.
I topped the crust with the marshmallows, chocolate and the rest of the crumble mixture.
I think I may have broken the zoom feature on my phone trying to take this pic. It's covered with marshmallow. I don't know.
I let it bake for 24 minutes, even though the recipe recommends baking it for 20-24 minutes. I drizzled some melted chocolate over the top. They mean it when they say, "Let it cool for 10-15 minutes." I couldn't wait and now I'm permanently minus a few taste buds unfortunately.
I put it over a a scoop of ice cream. Pure heaven. What a great Summer/Fall dessert. 
Be sure to visit Southern Cast Iron's website- it will leave you inspired. It has a section called, "Cast Iron Stories," which is definitely worth a look. (I love a good story!) Also, check out "Our Best Recipes Using Iced Tea." Sweet Tea Fried Chicken anyone?
In the comments, let me know how it went when you tried this dessert..or if you happen to know the 2nd verse to Home on the Range. I would really like to know. Happy Cooking! See you on the trail...the one with the Blue Shadows.
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