Monday was Ryan’s birthday and there is nothing he likes more than mint chocolate chip ice cream. Every year, in celebration of his birthday, the kids and I surprise him with some sort of chocolaty-mint dessert. In addition to homemade masterpieces, past years have included, Jenny Cookies’ mint chocolate chip cake, High 5 Pie’s raspberry mint chocolate whip pie and Trophy Cupcakes’ chocolate chip mint cupcakes. This year I was admittedly behind the eight ball for Ryan’s birthday dessert. We had been in Lake Chelan the prior week and spent the weekend camping (see post here), but NYT Cooking came to my rescue. On Sunday, NYT Cooking fortuitously posted on…