Instead of a nutty caramel treat, a California man says he got a cluster of maggot-infested candy.

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John Madeiros said he expected a yummy snake when he bought two boxes of peanut caramel clusters at a Bakersfield store, Bakersfield television station KERO reported.

He was just about to take a bite when he saw maggots wiggling over the chocolate-peanut-caramel clusters.

"I grabbed one of them and put it towards my mouth not looking, and when I was ready to put it in I noticed worms crawling on it," he said.

A closer examination of the box revealed spiders and their webs.

He returned the candies to the store, and a full refund and apology.

The retailer said it is pulling the candy from its store shelves nationwide.

An official of Standard Candy, which manufactured the clusters, said the company was investigating as well.