The woman makes the best chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies with a snake tattoo I've ever tasted.
Which of the following is misplaced in the sentence above?

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Misplaced modifiers are words or phrases that are not located properly in relation to the words they modify. To fix a misplaced modifier, we need to place the modifier next to the word or phrase that it modifies.
In this example, "with a snake tattoo" is meant to modify "the woman," but its placement makes it sound like the cookies are the thing with a tattoo.
In order to correct this, we must place the modifier as close as possible to "the woman".
The woman with a snake tattoo makes the best chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies I've ever tasted.

The Woman Makes the Best Chocolate Chip and Peanut Butter