CLERMONT, Fla. -- A Lake County family got quite the surprise after what was supposed to be an uneventful trip to the corner drugstore. A candy bar they bought at a Walgreens, in the Four Corners area, had what appeared to be a diamond inside.

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It sounds like Willy Wonka, but it wasn't a golden ticket. It was a jewel nestled in the nougat of a Three Musketeers.

Frank Privitera is storing his Three Musketeers miracle in an envelope for now, until he decides exactly what to do with the gem that his 13-year-old son Anthony innocently bit into a few days ago.

"I couldn't believe it. I was amazed," Privitera said.

Privitera told the Walgreens where he bought it, which pulled the rest of the bars, and called the Mars company to report the problem.

"They want me to send it back," Privitera said.

Mars, Inc, said if it was a diamond, they'd send it back to him, and that it's not some sort of promotion.

Privitera wanted to get it tested first and then decide what to do.

Jeweler Jim Johnson checked it out.

"This piece you have here, when we touch it, there is no reaction whatsoever," Johnson explained, saying the piece was actually an elaborately carved piece of glass. "Probably worth about 75 cents."

That was really too bad for Privitera, because it measured about 6.56 millimeters. Had it been a diamond, it would have been worth about $4,000.

"I was willing to send it back, even if it was a diamond," Privitera said.

But instead, it's barely worth the price of postage, making his sons Three Musketeers not much of a payday.

The company told the family they'd be reimbursed with some coupons for free candy bars. A Mars spokesperson told Eyewitness News late Friday that they will investigate the case, even though factory workers are prohibited from wearing jewelry.