How Dellie Bars Came to Be

Joyful Spirit evolved from the desire to offer simple, healthy, tasty food that is not too sweet, has natural fruit sugars only (no refined sugars) and no preservatives. Dellie Bars are the result.

Ellie Tucker, entrepreneur and founder of Joyful Spirit, has a love for creating healthy food from scratch. As a resident of Maine since early childhood, Ellie has made a number of forays in Maine’s food scene. With her sister-in-law, she launched Joyful Spirit in August 2016, with a focus on making healthy, homemade snack bars.

After attempting a completely sugar-free diet and finding it nearly impossible, Ellie challenged herself to create sugar-free food. Joyful Spirit’s beginning coincided with Ellie becoming one of the first members of Food Fork Lab in Portland, an incubator commercial kitchen and hub for small businesses making edible products.

The business recently traded the cityscape for production space at Replenova Farm, an organic farm in Durham, Maine, that has a small market and cafe.

For more about who we are and what we do, read A Healthy Snack | Maine Women’s Magazine to get the full story.

Thank you for enjoying our healthy and wholesome Dellie Bars.