What was just a passing thought I have now materialized into a resource pack. It turns lava into the Tex-Mex dish, chile con queso!
Come across naturally occurring queso pools or travel to the nether to have all the queso your heart could ever want!
In addition, when you obtain lava with a bucket, it turns into a chip covered with queso.

As a first for me, I also took the time to animate the flowing texture.
I used the sprite animation tool Piskel to create it.

There's one thing I couldn't figure out how to do, though, and that's how to make the lava dripping color change. Regardless, the lava pop particle is changed, so it shouldn't be too immersion breaking unless you're underneath a pool of it.

I hope you enjoy this silly pack!