home made cough sweets didn't set properly Please could you help me find out what went wrong? I have made these before and they were slightly soft, but edible. This batch half set, but still runny

Ingredients:


1 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp ground cloves


Method:


Simmer for 20 minutes on low heat
Take off heat and allow to cool slightly
Drop onto baking paper
Dust with icing sugar
you need a Candy thermometer. Sugar needs to be heated to the soft or hard crack temps in order to set as desired. If the sugar does reach the needed temp, then it won't do what you wanted. Hard crack makes hard candies, soft crack makes softer but firm candies.