In the beginning, the marquesitas were made only during the winter, and were sold on weekends in the park of Santiago. Her most frequent clients were the children and grandchildren of the hacendados and henequen who studied at the Colegio Americano, very close to the park of Santiago, who, after leaving school, went in search of a cone with ball cheese. When they saw them, Doña Carmita said … There come the children of the marquises!

There are many speculations of the origin of the name, the truth is that Mario Mena, son of Don Vicente, in addition to improving the cookie dough, gave it the name. Originally it was called mar-quesitos to later change to marquesitas.

This unique dessert has been popularized on a large scale thanks to Sergio Mena “Polito”, the third generation of marqueeros and proud heir of the original recipe, he took the creation of his ancestors to the fair of Xmatkuil, where the marquee boom was generated. He encouraged him to take the marquesitas throughout the Yucatan Peninsula, passing through Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Cozumel, Chetumal, the Belize Free Zone and Holbox.