It’s early in the morning. Britten Stringwell hurries to take a batch of bars out of the dehydrator. After about eight hours of dehydrating, her experiment for a new flavor was complete. She tastes the bars, and deems her experiment successful. Stringwell writes down the ingredients, she will add the new flavor to her ever growing collection of bar recipes.

Stringwell has been running her business, B Bars, for five years. Her partner, Evan Dayringer, joined her a year ago. It all began for Dayringer with the the meeting of the creator of the B Bars, Stringwell. “It was sort of a Farmer’s Market romance” said Dayringer.

There was a “Sunshine” bar that Stringwell was selling that had tamarind and turmeric. Dayringer knew turmeric as an anti-inflammatory herb that, when eaten with black pepper, would increase a person’s ability to uptake curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric. He explained what he knew to Stringwell, who was so fond of the idea. She put it into her recipe. Over time spent with each other at market they soon fell in love. They now have a three month old daughter name Liipa Daywell. In this family business, Stringwell and Dayringer focus on making tasty, yet healthy treats for all to enjoy.

The inspiration of a healthy treat was caused by Stringwell’s body condition. She had celiac disease. “All the villi in (Stringwell’s) small intestines have been flattened down,” said Dayringer. “So she was having a hard time digesting and absorbing nutrients.”

Because of her condition, Stringwell researched native plants, herbs, spices and their effects on nutrition.

Stringwell was eating healthy foods, but it wasn’t enough for her. She wanted everyone to eat them. However, she also knew not everyone likes the idea of healthy foods. The best solution was to make a nice sweet. “(The bars) are a tasty little treat,” Dayringer said, “and you don’t have to think about it any other way if you don’t want to.”

Every bar is an original creation. “Britten is the mastermind behind the bars,” said Dayringer. “She will just get inspired, and start putting ingredients together.” The recipe is reconstructed afterwards.

Making a new flavor of bars is always exciting for Stringwell. Dayringer believes recording the recipe on the spot takes away the fun. “When creativity comes, it just bubbles up inside,” he said. “She just goes ‘All right. This needs some of this, and some of that,’ and it’s this intense flurry of excitement. Writing the recipe down interferes with the process.”

After the fun comes the work. Reconstructing the recipe is a time consuming task. “(Stringwell) knows what she put in it, and relatively how much,” Dayringer said. “So she just guesses and we go from there. We make one batch, and it’ll be pretty close to right. The next batch will be even closer and after a few batches, it converges into what we need.”

With every new flavor, more people come to know the bars. However, there are still people who give bad reactions to them. The two don’t seem to mind. “Some people are not open to new things,” Dayringer said. “But at least they tried it.”