“Camembert” cheese sound a little like “come on, bear.” A riddle is:
 
Q: What’s the best cheese to lure a bear out of a cave?
A: Camembert.
     
“He also told me this, what cheese would you use to tempt a bear out of his cave? Camembert. (comeonbear)” was posted on Twitter on August 1, 2009. “What cheese can be used to tempt a bear from it’s cave? Camembert” was posted on Twitter on September 30, 2009.
 
“What cheese do you use to get a bear out of a tree?........ Camembert!” was posted on Twitter on October 3, 2009. “What cheese to you use to get a bear out of a tree? Camembert! You kind of have to say this joke for it to work” was posted on Twitter on October 14, 2009.
     
   
Wikipedia: Camembert
Camembert (/ˈkæməmˌbɛər/; French: [ka.mɑ̃.bɛʁ]) is a moist, soft, creamy, surface-ripened cow’s milk cheese. It was first made in the late 18th century at Camembert, Normandy, in northern France.
   
Twitter
Dan Watts
@DanJWatts
Replying to @pennynash
@pennynash no. His dad did! He also told me this, what cheese would you use to tempt a bear out of his cave? Camembert. (comeonbear) Rubbish
1:36 PM - 1 Aug 2009
 
Twitter
SixFootTwo
@6F2
RT @DerrenBrown What cheese can be used to tempt a bear from it’s cave? Camembert
5:21 PM - 30 Sep 2009
       
Twitter
Holly
@holly_astral
What cheese do you use to get a bear out of a tree?........ Camembert!
5:11 PM - 3 Oct 2009
     
Twitter
Vegan Sarnie
@vegan_sarnie
Still not funny! RT @tdrury What cheese to you use to get a bear out of a tree? Camembert! You kind of have to say this joke for it to work.
3:54 AM - 14 Oct 2009
 
Twitter
jonno
@jonnohopkins
Replying to @The405
@The405 What cheese do you use to entice a bear up a hill?          Camembert
12:52 PM - 31 Oct 2009
   
Twitter
Sir Peter of Kent
@pj_kent
RT @Brucey1: And the second best cheese gag - which cheese do you use to persuade a bear to come out of the woods? Camembert. (@AliBooker)
3:41 AM - 6 Nov 2009
     
8 November 2009, Sunday Times (London, UK), “In the court of Winner, they are all guilty as charged: Winner’s dinners,” pg. 13:
The superb Ritz hotel doorman Michael O’Dowdall always offers a joke as he opens the Rolls door for me. “I was reading a book about glue. Couldn’t put it down.” Another: “How do you get a bear out of a tree with cheese? Camembert.” C’mon bear—geddit? C’mon bear sounds like camembert. Don’t think it’s funny? Sneak in the back door then.
 
Twitter
J Jason Jasonmeson
@mixmasterfestus
@HelenGribbin what cheese do you use to get a bear out of a cave? Camembert
7:29 AM - 24 Dec 2009
       
Google Books
Michael Winner’s Hymie Joke Book
By Michael Winner
London, UK: The Robson Press
2012
Pg. ?:
Hymie asks, “How do you get a bear out of a tree with cheese? Camembert.”
 
Reddit—Cleanjokes
What cheese do you use to get a bear out of a tree? (self.cleanjokes)
submitted July 27, 2012 by MrGroggle
Camembert!
   
Google Books
Heartside Bay 11:
Lovers and Losers
By Cathy Cole
London, UK: Scholastic UK
2014
Pg. ?:
“What cheese do you use to lure a bear out of a cave?” Eve said unexpectedly.
(...)
“Camembert,” Eve pronounced in triumph.
   
Reddit—SuperDadJokes
What cheese do you use to coax a bear out of a tree? (self.SuperDadJokes)
submitted January 3, 2016 by mopthedeck
Camembert!
 
Reddit—BearJokes
What cheese do you use to coax a bear out of a cave? (self.BearJokes)
submitted January 5, 2017 by BIOS_75
Camembert
 
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What’s the best cheese to lure a bear out of a cave?
Camembert…  #sillysaturday #cheesy
12:13 AM - 9 Jun 2018