Yelibelly Chocolates offers 'flavors that make your belly dance'
Belly dance instructor, dietician finds passion for flavor-infused chocolates.
Sarahbeth Marshall, otherwise known as Yeli, has been studying and performing the art of Middle Eastern Belly Dance since 1999. When she traveled overseas to Italy, she discovered flavor-infused chocolates — flavors such as rosemary and cedar — that she had never seen nor tasted before. She brought back that inspiration to Dallas and started making her own chocolates in 2007. Since then she has worked at perfecting various flavors, to entice her friends and family.
Those same friends suggested to Yeli that she should consider selling the chocolates in boutiques around the “Metroplex,” that is the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The first boutique to carry the chocolates was a dance studio where Yeli was teaching belly dance.