Quick, Easy, Delicious ~ Marie Biscuit Magic
Marie Biscuit stack
Marie Biscuit is a popular biscuit that is similar to rich tea biscuit made with all the usual ingredients of biscuit with an addition of vanilla. It is very popular in countries such as India, Australia, South Africa, and Spain. I remember as a child eating these simple and in a way appeasing to my taste buds biscuits dipped in milk or tea everyday. It used to give me that immense amount of satisfaction that it is indescribable; one has to experience it to believe it. Almost every household had this culture of eating Marie Biscuits with tea or milk and so I call it the “quintessential tea snack”.
I still remember a cooking show on TV that used Marie Biscuits to prepare this dessert and it was way back in the early 90’s. The recipe calls for Dalda which I consider as highly unhealthy and so I substituted it with unsalted butter. The rest of the recipe remains the same.
Marie Biscuit
Recipe: (Makes for 4 people)
1 Marie Biscuit packet (12 nos)
4 – 5 tbsp of unsalted butter
1 tbsp Cocoa powder
Sugar as per taste
1 tbsp Instant coffee powder
A couple of tbsp of milk
Mix the coffee powder and a little sugar in the milk to make a slightly loose paste. Dip each biscuit into this mixture so that each biscuit has a decent coating and stack one on top of the other. Blend butter, some sugar as per taste for sweetness and cocoa powder. Apply this mixture evenly on all four sides of the stacked biscuits. Cover it with an aluminum foil and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Then cut in an angle so that the coffee mixture lines in between the biscuits are seen as shown in the image. Serve as is or with a scoop of Vanilla ice-cream. I bet this will be a crowd pleaser in your next party. Enjoy.
Slices of Marie Biscuit dessert
© 365 Days of Pure Vegetarian 
this is so yummy
Wow, I was thinking about this recipe just 2 days back. I remember seeing this in doordarshan long long time ago. I was trying to recollect how to stack the marie biscuits. And was surprised to see this here. Thanks a lot. I will be making this soon. They are looking so lovely…
awesome!! i am not particularly fond of marie biscuits, but this i am more than willing to try!!
I couldnt resist commenting. Very innovative and I’m tempted to try this out. I should say that I’m one of the regular visitors of your blog. The pictures are so good and encourages people to try! I’ve tried many recipes of yours with little variations as per my cooking style. All are good. Keep posting new recipes!
the pic’s look beautiful and tempting. even i love marie biscuits.will surely try these.
Hi
Love the recipe.
Thanks for sharing.
vineela
Loved the strips. and looks easy too. Love marie biscuits so this is a must try.
what an innovative use of Marie biscuits, and the result looks beautiful. Sounds delicious too!
oh wow!!! This dessert looks fab… bookmarked!!! I posted a recipe w/ marie biscuit too yesterday!! 🙂
Hi , I remember I had tried this receipe when I was back in School in India. Since then haven’t made it. Thanks for reminding! I’ll try it soon!
Nidhi
All your receipes are very simple, easy to make & appealing to the eyes& taste buds too. Very good job…Cooking is made very appealing & intersting by you!
Hey Priya…this turned out really delicious..but next time am going to skip butter and try strawberry sauce covering:)Awesome! Thanks for sharing. will look forward to more of such ‘quick’ and ‘easy’ desserts on the blog!
I remember seeing this and making it a couple of times after that..then completely forgot it, thanks for reminding and sharing
home made biscuits.. wow!! cant wait to try this out.
The marie biscuit recipe just sounds amazing.. cool close to home concept..
These look so pretty! I have seen them on nag’s blog before:) just one question, after coating the entire stack in cocoa mixture, how can I cover it with foil?? won’t the coating stick on the foil instead of on the biscuits??
I am not clear on how to cut this?
Please let me know. I plan to make it this weekend.
Thanks,
Bina
Hi Bin,
Once you have the marie biscuit covered with butter/cocoa mixture and refrigerated as per the recipe, place it on a cutting board. Then cut it as per my vague picture below.
Suppose the following is the block of marie biscuit after the recipe.
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Cut it from the angle of \ as below. This should give you the beautiful lines of butter & coffee mixture when cut. I hope this helps.
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Hi Bin,
Once you have the marie biscuit covered with butter/cocoa mixture and refrigerated as per the recipe, place it on a cutting board. Then cut it as per my vague picture below.
Suppose the following is the block of marie biscuit after the recipe.
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Cut it from the angle of \ as below. This should give you the beautiful lines of butter & coffee mixture when cut. I hope this helps.
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yes, that makes it clear. I thought that’s what it was, but wanted to make sure! I’m planning to make this and the stuffed pablano peppers! Looking fwd to having it.
I am sure you are going to love it Bin. Just make sure that when buy the Poblano pepper, they are really big so that when you slit it for stuffing, it doesn’t tear while stuffing as there is only little room to stuff.
do you also know about the marie biscuit choco/coconut rolls that turn out like a 2 color cashew pista roll… just brown and white.. becoz the marrie biscuit is crushed and a dough is made with milk… ? I don’t know exactly how to make it.. but i’ve had it and it tastes really good, too
This is amazing looking marie biscuit. I feel like eating them now. The pictures looks very tempting.
i dont get how to cut!?
Dipti,
Look at my response no. 19. I have somewhat drawn a picture. The marie biscuit log will be like cylinder. You need to cut it in an angle – not vertically or horizontally, but inbetween in an angle. Get it? If not let me know.
Thanks.
Dipti, here is another pic that I could draw and this is the closest. You need to cut it in a diagonal fashion.
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I hope this helps.
Hi,
Great pics, I’m new to ur blog and been food blogging only since recently. Going to try this, since it is long weekend. Do tell me after coating, if u try to wrap in foil wont the coating stick to the foil.
Pl. let me know, want to really try it for my kids.
Sheila
Sheila,
Thanks for stopping by. No, wrapping in a foil will not make the coating stick. Good luck with it and welcome to the blogging world.
Hi
This is the first time I have blogged in here. Sounds very tempting…will try to make this for my kids as they after commercial sweets all the time…though I’ll have to skip the coffee and substitute it with more cocoa when I make it for the kids.
Your poha tikki also sounds very intertesting…will surprise my husband with it this weekend!
thanks
Mitka
hey …i too remember seeing this in Doordharshan and also trying it out with one of my neighbours (i was in college then) because it didnt involve any cooking. The picture brought back such lovely memories. thanks a ton. i think i am going to make this tommorrow for my two sons!!! (i actually dont like cooking so much….but after seeing so many blogs on this labour of love…i think i am going to spend more time in the kitchen in the days to come.)
WOW!! thats awesome presentation!! I posted a coffee gateau with marie biscuits a couple of weeks back, & now i came across urs. i wish i could do this presentation!!
NOSSA MEU DEUS QUE DELICIAS ESTA ME DANDO ATÉ FOME!!!!!!!!!!
NÃO SEI O QUE É, MAIS PARECE APETITOSOOOOOOOOO!
TOMARA QUE VCS CONHEÇAM ALGUM BRASILEIRO PRA TRADUZIR PRA VC.
BJS ELAINE
the same recipe I tried with dipping the biscuits in coffee custard,then while serving i poured chocolate sauce over it and garnished it with lots of dry fruits.that was my prize winning recipe.try it.
Just moved into a new apartment with my wife… did this and it was an absolute hit… Thanks…keep more recipes coming!
Maria cookies are so popular in Portugal (and Spain of course). The Portuguese make many, many dessert type cakes with these so I am very happy to get some that are printed here – very easy. Not many people have heard of this cookie (biscuit) here in North America.
Hi Priya ,
Thanks for sharing the recipe , but i have a doubt , how are u stacking the biscuit to get the design as shown in the pic above when cutting it into pieces . It would be a great help if you could post some more pics . thanks
Joyati,
Thank you for checking out the recipe. Basically cut the stack of biscuits diagonally. If you look at my comment for Dipti, that shows the diagonal way i use my knife to cut the biscuits.
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Kind of like lazy cake
Thanks Nora for checking out the recipe. Yes it is indeed a lazy cake 🙂
thats a very good recipe this helped me in my cooking competition
Thanks Pragya. Wow, I am glad it helped you in your competition. So what was the outcome?
simply awesome….
Thank you Shivani.
Nice Recipie
Thank you Jola
Hey I have made this two times but still not able to cut like showed in picture. Can you explain it again please? Awesome recipe… I remember my sis use to make this when I was 15 year old… Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Ash, see my comment to Joyathi.. I have somewhat written a visual representation of how to cut. Let me know if it helps, else I will send you a personal email with an image on how to cut once again in a few more days as Im travelling now.
Hey, Thanks for quick reply… Can you please send me pics when ever you make it again. I have tried it two times and both time i was not able to cut it like you had in picture.Thanks for all the Recipies…
Hey thanks yaar….me too rmbr hving seen this recipe on DD years back as a kid….n expermenting it along with my cousin sis..was trying to recollect..happy to find it here….now will try it n impress my family….especially hubby 🙂
A clarification required….can i try this recipe using amul butter(salted butter)?pls advice asap
Looking frwd for more such happening recipies!!!
Sindu, amul butter will melt fast once u cut it but if you plan to eat it sooner, I recommend trying although I have not done it myself, so cannot 100% promise.. sorry.
Hey thanks for d quick reply…im gonna prepare it in a day or two
looking at picture you will say yummy… n its really mouth watering as this diwali i made it as desert every one liked it a lot..!!!
Ahhh Sonal, thats awesome, thanks so much dear!
Our age old Marie Biscuit!! Great recipe & awesome pics!
Going to try soon.Thanks!
Thank you Pavithra!