GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Some candies are supposed to melt in your mouth, not in your hand. A Greenville County, S.C., family says a piece of candy they purchased blew up in their child's hand.

A release from the Greenville County Sheriff's Office said that the unidentified family bought two Jawbuster candies from a BI-LO grocery store Thursday afternoon.

The parents said that around 6:45 p.m. Thursday, their 5-year-old boy took one of the candies out of his mouth and it reportedly exploded in the child's hand, causing a burning sensation and second-degree burns. The child was treated and released from St. Francis Hospital late Thursday.

Sgt. Shea Smith with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office said they have turned the investigation over to the Food and Drug Administration.

An FDA field investigator stationed in Greenville told television station WYFF that he was interviewing the parents and the child, but could not comment beyond that.

A spokeswoman for BI-LO said the candy has been pulled from the shelves at the store. The spokeswoman said the company believes this was an isolated incident.

In September, a girl in Starke, Fla., reported a similar incident.