Caramelle di Verdi

I wonder if Giuseppe Verdi ever had a chance to try these luscious paste ripiene named in his honor. What music would he have been inspired to write as a result? These caramelle (in Italian this means hard candy more than a chewy caramel) are prepared by Carlo Bergonzi, the tenor whose recipe for spinach gnocchi appears. They are shaped like pieces of wrapped candy. In most of Emilia they are called tortelli con la coda (tortelli