Well I have never made chocolate syrup and because of your post I will be making it for the first time. So I thank you for that.Yes I make everything from scratch. No, I actually don't, but simple things like that I like to so I can avoid getting things that have questionable sources/ingredients. However, I didn't harvest the sugar cane that I am using. I apologize for sounding like a hypocrite, and I suppose my first post sounded moralistic. I honestly don't care if you make your own chocolate syrup but I did want to offer up that it is easy enough if you are concerned about the fillers. I do find myself making a lot more things and just buying a lot of raw ingredients instead of premade stuff because almost everything from the grocery store with more than one ingredient has PUFA, corn, starches, and all the gums, carageenans, etc. I've even made a soda with the corn syrup recipe I gave and san pellegrino and essential oil although I'm not sure essential oil is the safest. I also use the syrup to sweeten my own homemade lattes that I make on my espresso machine. I'm so freakin cool.