Weddings have always been about grand gestures. In some cultures, it’s a designer lehenga that steals the show. In others, it’s a convoy of luxury cars or a feast that could feed an entire town.
Then there
are those moments that break the internet. That is what happened with a 33-second clip from Saudi Arabia that’s now doing the rounds on social media. This wedding stood out for a briefcase full of what looked like gold biscuits.
A Briefcase Full Of Gold?
The video shows a group of men dressed in traditional attire, white thobes paired with ghutras, seated in a ceremonial row. The setting appears formal and grand, the kind of atmosphere you’d expect at a lavish wedding celebration. As they sit, another man walks along the line holding a box filled with gleaming yellow bars.
According to the text attached to the clip, these were 24-carat gold biscuits, being presented by the bride’s brother to members of the groom’s family.
“At a wedding in Saudi Arabia, the bride’s brother gifts 24-carat gold biscuits to the groom’s family,” the caption on X read.
As the camera panned across the seated men, the man with the box offered each one a shiny bar, which they accepted. One of them grabbed three bars, flashing a happy smile.
Saudi wedding ceremony
Bride’s brother offers 24 karat Gold biscuits to Groom’s family 😳
pic.twitter.com/2lOAZwUhoi— Frontalforce 🇮🇳 (@FrontalForce) February 11, 2026
Gold Or Chocolate?
The internet split into two camps: was it real gold or packaged chocolates?
A video reposted on X carried the caption, “Do you think it is gold or chocolate?”
A user shared another video presumably from a different Saudi wedding, writing, “I would like to test this chocolate.”
A fact-check by X’s AI chatbot Grok revealed, “Based on the video and multiple sources, those aren’t real 24-karat gold biscuits, they’re luxury chocolates from Patchi, wrapped in gold foil to look like gold bars. Common in fancy gifts!”
Asked by another user, Grok, this time, had a different response altogether.
“Those are real 24-karat gold biscuits, not chocolate bars. In Saudi wedding traditions, such lavish gold gifts from the bride’s family to the groom’s are common to symbolize wealth and alliance.”
Someone clarified, “It’s not chocolate, it’s a bar of gold. We do this in Saudi Arabia on every big occasion.”
Saudi Arabia’s Wedding Custom Of Gifting Gold
In Saudi culture, gold is commonly given as part of the mahr (the mandatory Islamic marriage gift from the groom to the bride), and it often comes in the form of jewellery that belongs solely to the bride. There is also the shabka, a traditional engagement gift where the groom presents elaborate gold sets to the bride before the wedding.
