Is PaPa John's Safe with the Addition of Their New Dessert?

A reader gave me permission to share the following question:

We have been eating at Papa John's for some time (actually once a week we have pizza night!) and felt it a safe choice. I recently saw an ad that they are now selling Chocolate Pastry Delights, which are made with Nestle Tollhouse chocolate morsels. Their FAQs/Allergen link on their website indicates that "the chocolate morsels used in/on this item, are produced in a facility that processes peanuts."

I called our local PapaJohn's...unfortunatly the manager on duty (who
sounded to be a teenager) couldn't give me much information. When I asked if they were sold as a sealed/pre-made product, he indicated that they are pre-made but that they do bake them in their ovens, but on different pans than the pizzas are baked. Hmmm...I'm not sure how I feel about the possibility of cross-contamination...just curious what your thoughts might be?

This is totally a comfort zone thing. Here are my thoughts but always do do what you feel comfortable with. If there is a may contains in a restaurant, it doesn't bother me too much. If they are using separate pans, I really don't feel nervous about it. Now, if they served a PB dessert pizza, I would say no way. If they used the same pans and didn't wash in between, I might be a little uncomfortable, too.

They have done studies on "may contains" and there is only a 7%-25% chance (depending on what study you read) that the food actually contains peanuts (and a tiny speck at that). That is way too high of a risk to risk feed your child that food. But if there is safe food that is around something that has is a "may contain" food, the chances of the "may contains" even having peanuts is small. The chances of that peanut speck (if it even exists) of getting onto a "safe" food seems very, very small to me. For that reason, I would be comfortable allowing Tyler to eat the pizza.

Again, we all have our own comfort level and if your gut is telling you to stay away, then do it. I tell my husband when my gut is telling me "no," and Tyler eats the food, I'm likely to get sick even if he doesn't. Those PA mom nerves are enough to drive you batty at times. I bet a lot of PA moms can relate to getting sick themselves!