Ranison Ice Cream & Candy — Restaurant in La Crosse

A local family owned & operated institution that is held in the highest regard by the neighborhood and wider community that it serves.Top rate hand made Ice Cream and Candy by the 6 generations of only 2 families that have owned it for close to 100 years using the priceless recipes passed down from yesteryear.Present owners for more than a 1/4 century have embraced the rich history & taken the time & effort to display many of their original historic artifacts from days gone by which are on display for me n the wife to show our 5th generation customer kids when we bring them in for a more than fair priced treat of always tasty ice cream & candy at one of the true, historic family operations in...

Came in and the vast majority of the store had zero stock. The salt water taffies were hard as a rock and only had a few flavors. They no longer have huge chunks of rock candy, and every time i come in they dont have 1919 rootbeer. No idea if they just stopped carrying it or what, never got a clear answer on it. For some reason a saltine cracker half covered in chocolate is candy??? Bought the peanut brittle and the nuts tasted like they had been stored with mold or something. It had a gross...

The place looks dirty and the girl who was working acted like I was bothering her. I asked for a pound each of rock candy in green and pink and she only weighed 1 pound total and when I said I wanted 1lb of each she said "so you wanted 2lb?" With a very bad attitude. I was the only person in the store there wasn't a line. Take my advice go down the street a half mile to D&D wholesale candy. Those ladies are bright fun and will brighten your day and their shop is a...