I'm doing a seashell and starfish wedding cake. I made some of my own silicone molds with seashells I collected on various beach trips and those worked great but since I didn't have any starfish I bought the molds for those. I believe they are candy molds made from that clear hard plastic like stuff. I washed and dried the molds then dusted with powdered sugar, then poured in my melted candy melts but now I can't get them out of the mold without breaking the arms!! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Did you try sticking them in the freezer for a couple of minutes? Sometimes that helps.

When you put candy melts in the plastic molds, you don't need to dust with powdered sugar. Just pour it straight in, smooth the backs, and pop in the freezer until hard, then flip the mold over and the candies should pop right out.

I was going to recommend the same as nanikins, once you remove the mold from the freezer just gently tap it on your counter/table.

Here are a couple of links that might help:
http://www.extremechocolate.com/chocolatecandymolds.html
http://www.candylandcrafts.com/chocolatecandymolding.htm

i,ve never dusted any candy molds. just fill..make back smooth.. put in frig or freezer. and then turn out.. hth

I agree, there is no need to dust it. Just stick to the freezer like suggested above.

when I did mine I dusted them with corn starch, and make sure they are fully set

also I twist the mold a wee bit to help them out

Thanks so much to all of you!!!! When I get home from work I will put in the freezer for a couple of hours then try to get out.
As for dusting with powdered sugar, I did that the second time around after I broke them all trying to get out of the mold the first time. I never thought of putting them in the freezer.

Thanks again,
Elaine