Sweet things like to embrace detectives and dribble (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
acid drops
'sweet things' is the definition.
(type of sweet)
'like to embrace detectives and dribble' is the wordplay.
'like' becomes 'as'.
'to embrace' indicates putting letters inside.
'detectives' becomes 'cid' (abbreviation for Criminal Investigation Department).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'dribble' becomes 'drop' (both can mean a small amount of liquid).
'cid'+'drop'='ciddrop'
'as' going around 'ciddrop' is 'ACID DROPS'.
(Another definition for acid drops that I've seen is " Boiled sweets".)