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The temperature is flexible here by one or two degrees on either side. Below 259 °F / 126 °C, your candy will be too soft. Above 264 °F / 129 °C, it will be too hard to pull. You can achieve the exact texture you’re after, but the window is small. A few degrees will take the candy from soft and chewy to hard and chewier.When cooking sugar, it is very important to start slowly. Then, once the sugar has dissolved and you have a syrup, you can cook it pretty quickly to the desired temperature.