Question: Homemade flavoring oils for candy
By: Amber Steward
Published: March 8, 2011

There are many, many recipes out there for flavoring oils using herbs for dressings...but flavoring oils for candy can get very expensive...does anyone have a recipe for candy flavorings? Perhaps using extracts???

Answers:
Kim Free

CANDY OILS, FLAVORED:  (See also Citrus Oils). These are VERY strong flavors, not to be confused with flavored salad or oils, extracts or flavorings; you can tell you have the right one because they are labeled as such and come in small bottles and smell strong. Candy oils come in a wide range of flavors, such as orange, lime or lemon flavors, tangerine, cherry, etc! sugarcraft.com has a great assortment, as does williams-sonoma.com or kingarthurflour.com.
Candy oils are used in baking and cooking. I have done a lot of testing using the oils and always follow these guidelines I developed:
The most important thing to remember about baking anything, is that the recipe's flavorings should only be used as a guide. Make your baked goods the way you like them with a wide assortment of choices.
To use flavored candy oils in baking: if a recipe calls for 1 or 2 teaspoons lemon extract, you can use 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon of lemon oil TOTAL, instead; do not double it. If the recipe calls for 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and 1 teaspoon orange extract, use 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon orange oil TOTAL. (Start with the smaller amount of 1/8 teaspoon. You can always add 1/8 teaspoon more, but do not go over 1/4 teaspoon total PER RECIPE because the flavors are intense!. 
(CANDY OILS, FLAVORED:  (See also Citrus Oils). These are VERY strong flavors, not to be confused with flavored salad or oils, extracts or flavorings; you can tell you have the right one because they are labeled as such and come in small bottles and smell strong. Candy oils come in a wide range of flavors, such as orange, lime or lemon flavors, tangerine, cherry, etc! sugarcraft.com has a great assortment, as does williams-sonoma.com or kingarthurflour.com.
Candy oils are used in baking and cooking. I have done a lot of testing using the oils and always follow these guidelines I developed:
The most important thing to remember about baking anything, is that the recipe's flavorings should only be used as a guide. Make your baked goods the way you like them with a wide assortment of choices.
To use flavored candy oils in baking: if a recipe calls for 1 or 2 teaspoons lemon extract, you can use 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon of lemon oil TOTAL, instead; do not double it. If the recipe calls for 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and 1 teaspoon orange extract, use 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon orange oil TOTAL. (Start with the smaller amount of 1/8 teaspoon. You can always add 1/8 teaspoon more, but do not go over 1/4 teaspoon total PER RECIPE because the flavors are intense!. 
(http://www.baking911.com/pantry/flavorings.htm#CANDY OILS, FLAVORED)