Just wanna say I own a set of medium silicone-tip Tongs which are useful in general but they would be my go-to in this situation.

Also I recently saw toaster tongs somewhere for like $5 … They looked like wooden chopsticks but attached at one end

But also I haven’t owned a toaster in 20y once I discovered the Toaster Oven, which fits more toast, has more granular control, and can cook other things. My current one is like 10yo I got it for $20.

I forgot this was ever a problem actually until I saw those wooden tongs and within a week I see your post.