The closest spread to peanut butter I've found in terms of flavor and texture is sunflower seed butter. It's also relatively easy to find; I've seen it in large chain grocery stores right next to the peanut butter.
A curmudgeon with years of practice. The bubbles in boiling water are steam or vaporized water. The bubbles initially do not reach the surface of the billing fluid as the colder water away from the hot bottom cools the steam turning it back to liquid. WHen all the water is at 100oC the bubbles reach the top.
Since the water is being heated from below, the lighter, warm water will rise in the beaker causing cooler surface water to flow to the bottom. At some temperature, usually around 80 oC, small bubbles will be observed on the inner surface of the beaker. Many people confuse this with boiling. These bubbles are the air that was dissolved in the water at room temperature coming out of solution. Air becomes less soluble in water as the temperature goes up.