Thanks for the help and advice. I'm going to go back to the grocery store and check Hershey and PC - I know they are good if you call them.
My son is 13 months and reacted to trying peanut butter on a cracker. There is no family history of food allergies and we were given the okay to try it by the doctor. He had several crackers (at least 6-7) with a thin layer of peanut butter smeared on each. The first thing I noticed was that he was rubbing his eyes and cheeks. But that is very normal for him as he was tired from having been up in the night. Also, he has sensitive skin and some eczema and he wipes food all over his face which irritates his skin on a daily basis at meals. What I didn't like was about 20 minutes after eating the peanut butter his cheeks were flushed. He had no other signs, no swelling or wheezing, no difficulty breathing, no hives, but his flushed cheeks seemed itchy. Again, he has itchy skin a lot but never flushed. When I changed his diaper I noticed a few raised bumps on his neck (no more than 5) and one on his chest. Eventually he had two on the back on his left hand but that was all. When I called his doctor she said to take him to the ER to be checked out. He did not have a fever or low blood pressure and they gave him Benadryl and monitored him for 2 hours. He just slept and woke up just fine. Since he had what looked like hives they told me to keep away from peanuts/nuts until he could see an allergist. His reactive skin makes it hard to identify reactions that are allergies. At one point I thought he was reacting to eggs because the second time he tried them his patches of eczema all went bright red for 20 minutes or so but when (at the doctor's request) he tried them for 3 days in a row he didn't react the second and third days. All new foods seem to trigger a reaction the first few times he eats them but I didn't feel right about peanuts since nothing has ever triggered hives. So now we are waiting until March to be tested for allergies. The first few days seemed overwhelming but it's been a few weeks now and it's actually not as overwhelming as I thought it would be. Well, not at his current age where I can keep an eye on what he eats at all times!