AI want to make mini molten lava cakes for my holiday party, but I dont want to make them from scratch. Normally I wouldn't half step but I want this to be a no hassle party...any suggestions

hey cake mix are people too--something like that--

you needing permission on this?

do it!

'no hassle' is the best way--you are fully authorized to cut every corner you wanna cut--

however if you're doing spinach artichoke dip--avoid the tgif's frozen--it's all sauce no green stuff--

i have a super easy and muy delicious cheese ball recipe  if you need it--

early christmas present because you've been so good this year--ok most of the year but good enough wth

Cheating is good. Very good! We need to have a thread about the merits of mixes versus hauling out all the ingredients to make cake.   

.......We need to have a thread about the merits of mixes versus hauling out all the ingredients to make cake.  .............

YIKES!! Not again :)   There are soooooo many threads on box mix vs scratch already :)

king arthur has a mix

here's a list of recipes using cake mix

https://www.google.com/search?q=king+arthur+molten+lava+cake&rlz=1C1SAVU_enUS541US541&oq=king+arthur+molten+lava&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0j69i64.9369j0j7&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#es_sm=122&espv=210&q=molten+lava+cake+recipe+with+cake+mix

and unless you find a specific recipe for mini cakes--i'd make them the right size that the recipe calls for--those buggers can be tricky--but otherwise just test it first on one or two cakes and fine tune the baking time--but then you've lost the hassle free aspect--

this is pretty easy

http://www.ghirardelli.com/recipes-tips/recipes/individual-chocolate-lava-cakes

AThanks for all the input. Im going to cut corners this time and see how they turn out. Cross my fingers I dont have to trash them and go scratch,anyway