Eating Somebody Else's Food at Work

My question involves criminal records for the state of: Texas

I was working at a store and during a break I saw a chocolate bar lying in the sink. I ate it. A few days later, I found two chocolate bars in the sink again. I asked thru walkie-talkie whether the candies belonged to anybody. Since nobody answered, I ate the candies again. There was one time a piece of candy was found on the sales floor and the store was going to throw it away. Not wanting to waste it, my coworker and I ate a little piece of it. The store decided to fire me because they said I stole the candies. (I now think the 3 chocolate bars in the sink were traps because they knew exactly which dates I ate the candies.) They told me to pay them back $11 ($6 for candies and $5 for tips that a customer gave me for helping her load the furniture to her car. Even though I refused the tips, she insisted that I took the tips.) Am I guilty of theft? I never meant to steal. I just hate to see the food wasted. I don't mind paying them $11. But does it mean I admit I am guilty? I never even thought I stole anything or I would be fired for eating candies that were not mine because I even asked over walkie-talkie. Since they said I stole the candies, shall I report it to police myself? Will these incidents be on my employment records and criminal records? I know it sounds really stupid but I truly never thought I stole the candies. Please advise. Thanks!

Where in Texas does the chocolate fairy live? My spouse wants to move there.

If the candy is not yours, it's not yours. Whether it's your employer's or a co-worker's, it's not yours. When you take and eat somebody else's candy, your employer's or a co-worker's, you are stealing.

Quite obviously it would be foolish to call the police and turn yourself in for stealing the candy. If you can smooth over the feathers you ruffled for $11 and call it a day, that would seem quite sensible.

I have no way of knowing what your employer will put in your employment record. The police and courts will only be involved if somebody chooses to involve them.