Sure
Simply select your "hero" drop, and go to:
PARTICLES > EMIT FROM OBJECT
Then you can use mel, or simply key the imitter to emit Instances of smaller softbody blobs, or just S|W BLOBBY particles for easier use
Good luck!
PS - Check out the docs for how to emit from a surface/object.
Pretty simple
Israel "Izzy" Long
Motion and Title Design for Broadcast-Film-DS
izzylong.com