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Marquesitas are thin wafers pressed crisp on a hot iron and rolled around grated Edam cheese and a sweet filling such as cajeta, jam or chocolate, sold from carts after dark; in Mexico we have verified places to eat it in Cancún and Mérida.
Marquesitas are thin wafers pressed crisp on a hot iron and rolled around grated Edam cheese and a sweet filling such as cajeta, jam or chocolate, sold from carts after dark.
The marquesita is a sweet native to the state of Yucatán: a thin crepe, pressed crisp on a grill, rolled and filled with cajeta, condensed milk, jam, chocolate or Edam cheese, the queso de bola. Wikipedia credits Leopoldo Mena, an ice-cream seller short of customers in winter, with creating it in the 1930s by pairing sweet fillings with salty Edam; the name is said to come from the daughters of a marquis who bought them. They are sold in squares, parks and streets, and in Cancún the carts at Parque de las Palapas make them to order in the evening, about 60 pesos for two in 2026.
Where to eat in Cancún:
Where to eat Marquesitas in Cancún: the editor picks
Marquesitas are thin crisp wafers, rolled around a filling of Edam cheese (queso de bola) and a sweet partner like cajeta, Nutella or chocolate, the Yucatán's signature street sweet.
The dish was invented in Yucatán in the 1930s by Leopoldo Mena, an ice-cream vendor who, in slow winter months, started selling just the wafer cones from his ice-cream business. Queso de bola filling came from the Yucatán's Caribbean cheese trade. Today the carts on Plaza Grande and Parque Hidalgo are the canonical source.
Where to eat in Mérida:
Where to eat Marquesitas in Mérida: the editor picks
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