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.
2 editor picks for Marquesitas in Mérida, ranked by editorial score. All Mérida signature dishes · Marquesitas across every city.
Marquesitas El Tony Plaza Grande ★ 4.4
Centro Histórico · Plaza Grande, Calle 60 x 61 y 63, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán
Marquesitas El Tony rolls Edam-and-Nutella crepes on Plaza Grande Mérida from a portable cart, the iconic Yucatán street sweet on the Sunday plaza closure.
Marquesitas Parque Hidalgo ★ 4.3
Centro Histórico · Parque Hidalgo, Calle 59 entre 60 y 62, Centro, 97000 Mérida, Yucatán
The marquesita carts on Parque Hidalgo Mérida sell queso de bola, chocolate and cajeta-rolled crepes from 18:00 through midnight every night of the year.