Selection boxes -- cold and small, sweet treats (4-4)
I believe the answer is:
choc-ices
'sweet treats' is the definition.
(type of sweet food)
'selection boxes cold and small' is the wordplay.
'selection' becomes 'choice' (synonyms).
'boxes' means one lot of letters goes inside another (the outside letters must 'box' inside letters in).
'cold' becomes 'c' (eg on taps).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'choice' placed around 'c' is 'chocice'.
'chocice'+'s'='CHOC-ICES'
I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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